“History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces ...” — Rohini Nilekani Quote

“History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for democracy and for human creativity. Yet, restraining the excesses of a capitalist structure that creates new inequities seems to need more than good public policy.”

“I came from a seedha-saadha middle class family in Mumbai. The Infosys story changed our life drastically but we have remained the same.”

“India is a groundwater civilization. Almost all Indians use groundwater, directly or indirectly, each day.”

“I see myself as a bit of a capitalist really - I like enterprise and making money.”

“I had made a great deal of money, and I was proud of it. I was a capitalist.”

“Capitalists make money by exploiting labor and by externalizing the costs of the wastes produced by the productive process by imposing the wastes on the environment.”