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“The seven things that make up the rainbow of India's development are India's strong and deep rooted family system, Agriculture-Animal development, India's Matru Shakti (women power), Natural Resources (Jal, Jameen, Jungle), Youth power, Vibrant Democracy and Knowledge.”

Strong Natural Animal Democracy Youth Development Resources India Seven Rooted Rainbow Agriculture Jungle Governance Natural Resources Women Power Shakti

Author:Narendra Modi

“Women have an important role in agriculture. We need to introduce technology, which will help us harness the potential of women in agriculture. We need to divide the agriculture sector into three parts- regular farming, farming of trees and animal husbandry. If we are able to do this, the contribution of our women will increase even more.”

Ifs Needs Important Helping Able Three Animal Roles Technology Tree Empowerment India Increase Contribution Divides Introducing Agriculture Farming Harness

Author:Narendra Modi

“There are more obese people in the world than starving people. As China and India start to develop our eating habits - and not by accident but because agribusiness is going over there and imposing our habits on them - if the population doesn't increase at all, we'll have to raise twice as many animals as we do.”

People Ifs World Animal Habit Eating India Increase Raises Population China Accidents Starving Imposing Obese Eating Habits China And India Agribusiness

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“In India, crossbreeding programs aimed at mimicking the milk yields of Western cows like the Jerseys and the Holsteins actually breed out the capacity of our animals to pull ploughs and pulley-cars. So, thanks to cross-breeding programs, we now have humpless cattle with no stamina.”

Animal Car Capacity Program Crosses India Western Thanks Yield Milk Cows Jersey Breeding Cattle Stamina Mimicking Pulleys

Author:Vandana Shiva

“Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings, even to animals. This kindness, this mercy, this charity - greater than any doctrine - are what Buddhism left to us.”

Left Animal Kindness Greater Taught Buddhism Mercy India Charity Doctrine Sects

Book:Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind

Source: Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind

“India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature, and the world's teacher in trignometry, quandratic equations, grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, as well as in philosophy, and that she inspired Boccaccio, Goethe, Herder, Schopenhauer, Emerson, and probably also old Aesop.”

World Wells Philosophy Night Literature Animal Teacher India Inspired China Chess Equations Grammar Imaginative Fables Arabian Arabian Nights Phonetics

Author:Lin Yutang

“. . . it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate the sentiment. Other nations kill animals by wholesale and kill one another; they exist in a sea of blood. A European said that the reason why in India animals were not killed was because it was supposed that they contained the spirits of ancestors. This reason was worthy of a savage nation who are not many steps from the brute.”

Said Reason Spirit Nations Difficult Animal Steps Blood Sea Appreciate India Worthy Reason Why Sentiments Animal Rights Ancestor Savages Brutes Wholesale

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Men may have given millions of dollars and fed rats and cats, as some do in India. They say that men can take care of themselves, but the poor animals cannot. . .”

Men May Care Given Animal Poor Millions Cat India Dollars Take Care Feds Animal Rights Rats

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda