Jean Dreze quotes

“The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India.”
-- Jean Dreze

Source : "Dying of hunger in a land of surplus" by Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2002.

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“The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics.”
-- Jean Dreze

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“Much else than liberalization has happened in the nineties (in India)”
-- Jean Dreze

#India Quotes

“[The U.S. government] was tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux. So they brought out their cannons. 'You want to be an Indian now?' they said, finger on the trigger.”

“You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.”

“If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.”

“That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

“There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border.”

“Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th!”

“India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.”

“Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.”

“What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians?”

“There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder.”