Imagining India Quotes

“we are a nation that has barely scratched its potential.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: Ideas for the new Century

“Asia’s second-largest slum is here, in the world’s fastest-growing democracy.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: Ideas for the new Century

“where a Michael Bloomberg could be the CEO of a large company one day and get elected as New York’s mayor the next.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: Ideas for the new Century

“IT has obviously come a long way—from something seen as a threat to people to something people are demanding as a way of protecting their rights. For Indians, it has become an enabler.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation

“In fact our ideas for the Indian economy have in recent years become more ghettoized than ever.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: Ideas for the new Century

“IF YOU CAN have such good roads in the Infosys campus, why are the roads outside so terrible?”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: Ideas for the new Century

“Since independence, India struggled for decades with policies that tried to put the lid on its surging population. It is only recently that the country has been able to look its billion in the eye and consider its advantages.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation

“The low standards of our state-run schools and our weak infrastructure have especially hurt the poor in terms of access: those of us who can afford alternatives merely opt out, turning to private schools, private electricity and gated communities—or we emigrate, leaving behind rickety, nonfunctioning systems for the less fortunate to endure.”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation

“From caste certificates to English language training, we are doing all kinds of things over a wire,”
― Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: Ideas for the new Century