“When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'” PeopleJobsMotherParentEducationGrowing UpGrowingDaughterIndiaChinaDinnerMy DaughterStarvingHomeworkChina And IndiaWorld Is Flat Author:Thomas Friedman
“Woman is an incarnation of 'Shakti'- the goddess of power. If she is bestowed with education, Gujarat's strength will double. Let the campaign of 'Kanya Kelavni' be spread in every home. Let the lamp of educating daughters be lit up in every heart. Then only the vision of 'Jay Jay Garvi Gujarat' will be realized.” IfsHeartHomeEducationVisionDaughterIndiaSpreadCampaignsGoddessLitLampsIncarnationShaktiGujarat Author:Narendra Modi
“My concern is the holistic development of society. No one should go back, everyone must move forward. Enough time has been spent going backwards; now let us pledge to stride ahead, whether it's in education, health, agriculture or education of our daughters. This Government belongs to the poor. It is to support the destitute.” ShouldHas BeensEnoughGovernmentMovingPoorSupportDevelopmentDaughterConcernEmpowermentIndiaMoving ForwardAgricultureBackwardsPledgeEnough TimeStrideHolisticOur DaughterDestituteDevelopment Of Society Author:Narendra Modi
“Tonight we light these candles to honor the value and the work of Jyoti Singh's short, promising life, she was India's daughter. Tonight she's our daughter too.” LifeLightValuesHonorDaughterIndiaTonightCandleOur DaughterSingh Author:Meryl Streep
“This and the small sample size inevitably leads to stereotypes - sweeping family sagas from India, 'lush' colonial romances from South-East Asia. Mother and daughter reconciling generational differences through preparing a 'traditional' meal together. Geishas. And even if something more exciting does manage to sneak through, it gets the same insultingly clichéd cover slapped on it anyway, so no one will ever know.” IfsKnowsDoeTogetherRomanceMotherDifferencesDaughterIndiaExcitingSouthSizeEastTraditionalManageMealsPreparingStereotypeAsiaSneakSweepingSampleMother And DaughterSagaLushGeishaEast AsiaSample Size Author:Deborah Smith
“The death of distance. There is hardly any middle class family in India who doesn't have a son, a daughter, a son-in-law, a brother, a brother-in-law in the United States. That is a very powerful new bond.” StatesLawUnitedPowerfulClassUnited StatesMiddleSonBrotherDaughterIndiaDistanceMiddle ClassVery PowerfulIn-lawsMiddle Class FamilyBrother In LawSon-in-law Author:Manmohan Singh
“We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with her.” LooksHomeMotherBitsDaughterIndiaObsessedMy DaughterDollsRags Author:Georgina Chapman