--- title: "3 Maneka Gandhi Quotes - Famous Politician (The Penguin Book of Hindu Names)" description: "Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Ind..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maneka-gandhi-62998.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Maneka Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maneka-gandhi-62998.jpg) # Maneka Gandhi (1956) Politician India **3** quotes in **50** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Maneka Gandhi is a politician from India, best known for *The Penguin Book of Hindu Names*. ## Quick Facts About Maneka Gandhi Born August 26, 1956 Nationality India Profession Politician Notable works The Penguin Book of Hindu Names Spouse Sanjay Gandhi ## About Maneka Gandhi Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. Gandhi has held ministerial positions in four governments, most recently serving in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019. ## Quotes by Maneka Gandhi > [Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. Because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maneka-gandhi/unless-we-change-our-food-choices-nothing-else-matters-because-it-is/) [Maneka Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maneka-gandhi/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/maneka-gandhi-88033_animal_unless-we-change-our-food-choices-nothin_839857.jpg) > [The skin of a python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maneka-gandhi/the-skin-of-a-python-is-no-less-precious-to-the-snake-than-fur-is-to/) [Maneka Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maneka-gandhi/) [Foxes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foxes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/maneka-gandhi-88033_foxes_the-skin-of-a-python-is-no-less-precious_2318591.jpg) > [Cows provide approx 100 million tonnes of dry dung a year costing Rs 5000 crores which saves 50 million tonnes of firewood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maneka-gandhi/cows-provide-approx-100-million-tonnes-of-dry-dung-a-year-costing-rs/) [Maneka Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maneka-gandhi/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/maneka-gandhi-88033_amount_cows-provide-approx-100-million-tonnes-o_2411453.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maneka-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "Maneka Gandhi Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. 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