“My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.” IfsWorldWantGivingTwoDreamBornBoysJourneyStreetsIndiaPocketsPencilsDefiningBeggingMy Journey Author:Adam Braun
“Fifty three per cent children in India face sexual abuse - both boys and girls - but we still feel uncomfortable talking about it. We are still hypocrites when it comes to issues like child abuse, sex or for that matter homosexuality. It is high time that we brought the issue from under the carpet.” FeelsChildrenStillsMatterFacesGirlThreeSexTalkingBoysIssuesAbuseIndiaUncomfortableFiftyChild AbuseCentsHomosexualityCarpetHypocriteBoy And Girl Author:Rahul Bose
“As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space.” ThinkingWorldLooksCountryDreamYoungNightSpaceBoysGrowing UpGrowingSpecialMoonIndiaAttractionVillageFar Away Author:Naveen Jain
“My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.” ChildrenFatherBornBoysPovertySawsEffectsIndiaLuckServantSeparatingIlliteracyCivil Servants Author:Naveen Jain
“In some parts of the world, that sex selection for boys - and it's usually for boys - reflects sex discrimination against girls, and it leads to very large imbalances - in China, in Korea, in India - in the population between boys and girls, a vast disproportion of boys to girls, and it reflects really this discriminatory attitude toward girls.” WorldGirlSexAttitudeBoysIndiaPopulationChinaDiscriminationSelectionKoreaBoy And GirlImbalanceBoy GirlSex Discrimination Author:Michael Sandel
“I like the idea of seeing Krishna as a baby, the way He's often depicted in India. And also Govinda, the cowherd boy. I like the idea that you can have Krishna as a baby and feel protective to Him, or as your friend, or as the guru or master - type figure.” WayFeelsIdeasBoysSeeingFiguresMastersBabyTypeIndiaGuruProtectiveKrishna Author:George Harrison
“Iqbal, that great poet, was so right. The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave. To hell with the Naxals and their guns shipped from China. If you taught every poor boy how to paint, that would be the end of the rich in India.” IfsWorldEndsMomentsWould BeBeautifulPoorBoysHellRichThis WorldTaughtPoetGunIndiaSlavePaintChinaGreat PoetPoor Boy Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
“Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this.” IfsThinkingShouldMindWholeGirlBoysMissingTaughtLessonsIndiaShootingTargetBoy And Girl Author:Swami Vivekananda
“India's sex ratio is 1000 boys for 940 girls. Who creates this disparity? It isn't God. Don't fill your coffers by sacrificing the mother's womb. People feel that sons will take care of them when they are old. But I have seen aged parents in old-age homes. I have seen families where one daughter serves parents more than five sons.” PeopleFeelsHomeCareAgeMotherGirlSexParentBoysFiveSacrificeSonDaughterIndiaTake CareOld AgeWombRatiosDisparity Author:Narendra Modi
“I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. No dream is ever chased alone.” LongCountryDreamBoysJourneyIndiaFulfilling Author:Rahul Dravid