Believe Quote by Sherman Alexie

When I see the poor in India, it reminds me of the work that I have to do for them.

— Narendra Modi

First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.

— Vijay Mallya

The Indian may seem poor to we rich Westerners but in matters of the spirit it is we who are the paupers and they…

— Mark Twain

Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their…

— Vijay Mallya

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

— Manmohan Singh

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

I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough so that…

— Angus Deaton

In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.

— Andrew Mitchell

“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

I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds…

— Naveen Jain

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

— Sherman Alexie