Gas Wars Quotes

“A small portion of our population, over the past two decades, has been chanting incessantly for increased privatization of the material resources of the community, and some of them even doubt whether the goals of equality and social justice are capable of being addressed directly. They argue that economic growth will eventually trickle down and lift everyone up. For those at the bottom of the economic and social pyramid, it appears that the nation has forsaken those goals as unattainable at best and unworthy at worst. The neo-liberal agenda has increasingly eviscerated the state of stature and power, bringing vast benefits to the few, modest benefits for some, while leaving everybody else, the majority, behind… .”
― Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis

“Some of the 'richest' parts of India and the world also paradoxically happen to be the poorest because their scarce (and hence, very valuable) natural resources have attracted the most corrupt and venal entrepreneurs to these areas.”
― Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis

“The draft report of the CAG had been sent to the petroleum ministry on 8 June for comments. It should not have been in the public domain, but it was. The report claimed that the gains made by RIL”
― Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis