Foot Quote by Barkha Dutt

I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.

— Sherman Alexie

...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children…

— Antonio Guterres

“The trouble is Indians aren't used to being prosperous. We are more comfortable dealing with poverty- after all, poverty has been the staple here,…

— Shobhaa De

“Vast migrations of people—some voluntary, most not—have shaped the human condition. More of us flee from war, oppression, and famine today than at any…

— Carl Sagan

They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do to destroy whatever existed here in the way of…

— Samuel P. Huntington

“India’s villages were not self-reliant republics that lived in blissful isolation. They were networked and connected, and it was the destruction of Indian industry…

— Shashi Tharoor

I went all out to help these migrants because I was a migrant, too, who came to Mumbai with a lot of dreams. When…

— Sonu Sood

Moving to India was challenging being a foreigner. I don't have any family here. I didn't have anyone to guide me. But I never…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

Poverty assumes so many aspects here in India. There aren't only the poor that you see in the cities, there are the poor among…

— Indira Gandhi

Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But…

— James Welch

The lack of livelihood opportunities in refugee camps pushes many people to embark on dangerous journeys in the quest for a better life.

— Arancha Gonzalez

But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere. They are too poor. They are too poor to go anywhere. They are too poor…

— Jamaica Kincaid