Corruption Quote by Nirmala Sitharaman

India was ... a country filled for the most part with people who live so close to the necessities of existence that only important…

— Santha Rama Rau

For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.

— Indira Gandhi

“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

India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but…

— Pranab Mukherjee

“And yet here there was tranquility, efficiency, a certain new-world courtesy and civility all their own. There were amazing facilities to study, unimaginable in…

— Anurag Mathur

There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal…

— Salman Rushdie

India was a sensation. It was remarkable to see all those parrots flying about, the brilliant foliage and the brilliant sky. It was a…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

The history of India for many centuries had been happier, less fierce, and more dreamlike than any other history. In these favorable conditions, they…

— H. G. Wells

People see poverty all around them in India, but they are desensitized or immune to it. I came to the conclusion that poverty is…

— Mohnish Pabrai

Rich Indians typically tried to work around a dysfunctional government. Private security was hired, city water was filtered, private school tuitions were paid. Such…

— Katherine Boo

In India, the poverty is so vast that the state cannot control it. It can beat people, but it can't prevent the poor from…

— Arundhati Roy

India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.

— Manmohan Singh