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“Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.”

Argument India Hunger Driving Wheels Spinning

Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings

Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings

“I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.”

Want Vision India Hunger Illiteracy

Book:Decisive Days

Source: Decisive Days

“Recently, [Diana Wilson] went on a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for a 1984 chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, caused by a company they now own, Union Carbide. In the past, Diane's hunger strikes had been lonely affairs, but this time friends and co-conspirators from around the country took turns joining her on her flatbed truck under the hot Texas sun, greeting Dow workers as they entered the plant.”

“All of a sudden inscriptions appeared on walls. Signs appeared. And that 'no' exploded all over India, in an act of pride that surprised even me. Then even the political parties, all of them, even the deputies in Parliament, said no: it's better to die of hunger than be taken for a nation of beggars.”

Said Political Dies Nations Party Taken Wall Pride India Hunger Political Parties Parliament Beggar Inscriptions Deputies

Author:Indira Gandhi

“We announced that there'd be no more starvation in India. And you responded, 'Impossible. You'll never succeed!' Instead we succeeded; today in India no one dies of hunger any more; food production far exceeds consumption.”

Today Dies Impossible Succeed India Hunger Productions Consumption Exceed Starvation Food Production

Author:Indira Gandhi

“Many people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about the violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is the greatest destroyer of peace today- abortion which brings people to such blindness.”

“When we think about millions of hungry children, we don't think about America. We relate the problem to other nations, like Ethiopia, India or Somalia. The sad truth is that one is five American kids is at risk due to poor nutrition.”

Thinking Children Problem Kids America Nations Poor Millions Five Risk Truth Is India Hunger Dues Hungry Relate Nutrition Ethiopia Sad Truth Somalia

Author:Kristin Davis

“Most Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting only places like India, Africa or South America. But it is a tragic reality that our country has millions of children who are suffering from lack of food. We must all work together to save our country from this problem.”

Thinking Children Country Problem Reality Together America Suffering Millions India South Hunger Our Country Tragic Working Together South America

Author:Beverly Johnson

“The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India.”

Government India Hunger Accepted Scales Get Away Famine Parts Of Life Large Scale

Author:Jean Dreze

“Many people are very, very concerned with the children in India, with the children in Africa where quite a number die, maybe of malnutrition, of hunger and so on, but millions are dying deliberately by the will of the mother. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today. Because if a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you kill me -- there is nothing between.”

People Ifs Children Today Mother Dies Left Numbers Millions Dying Concerned India Hunger Kill Me Destroyers Malnutrition

Book:Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others

Source: Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others