“I come from an everyday middle class family in India. The film industry reached us only through our television sets and cinema halls.” FilmClassMiddleTelevisionIndustryIndiaEverydayCinemaMiddle ClassHallsFilm IndustryMiddle Class Family Author:Lavrenti Lopes
“I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these big families. They don't realize that 10 children in rural Tanzania will use less natural resources in a year than one middle class American child. People don't think like that.” PeopleThinkingYearsChildrenUseProblemBigsRealizingNaturalClassMiddleResourcesIndiaUpsetMiddle ClassNatural ResourcesBig FamiliesTanzania Author:Jane Goodall
“Urban development initiatives must match the aspirations of the middle class and the neo middle class.” ClassMiddleDevelopmentIndiaAspirationMiddle ClassInitiativeUrbanGovernanceUrban Development Author:Narendra Modi
“Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in India and China, which is an enormously positive development for those countries that also creates opportunities for the rest of the world.” PeopleWorldHas BeensCountryOpportunityClassPovertyMillionsMiddleCreationDevelopmentIndiaChinaAround The WorldMiddle ClassRobust Author:Dan Quayle
“The government is committed towards helping the poor and neo- middle class with the success mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas. It is in line with government's vision to create a skilled and digital India.” HelpingGovernmentMotivationLinesPoorVisionClassMiddleIndiaCommittedMiddle ClassDigitalMantrasSuccess MantraDigital India Author:Narendra Modi
“If India is an emerging economy with millions of new consumers, sell them the Volvo. Sell them the Cielo car. Sell them whatever you can, hamburgers and KFCs. Its the middle classes who have moved into being able to own a car, a refrigerator. For them there is this mantra that the General Electric refrigerator is better than some other model, that the Cielo car is fancier than the Ambassador.” IfsAbleClassMillionsEconomyMiddleCarModelsIndiaSellsMovedConsumersMiddle ClassElectricEmergingMantrasAmbassadorsRefrigeratorsHamburgersKfcVolvoGeneral ElectricEmerging Economies Author:Vandana Shiva
“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
“I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together. I find them very irksome. Very difficult to like. They are privileged, but they don't want to talk about their privilege. It's difficult to find poetry amongst these people. Some sort of hidden spirit of beauty.” PeopleWantTogetherSpiritDifficultClassGroupsMiddleEconomicsIndiaPrivilegeRelateMiddle ClassPatrioticPrivileged Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.” IfsWantLooksWholeHelpingUseGovernmentOpportunityNationsHoursClassMiddleArmsGunIndiaBritishDisappearTrialsGoldenLook UpMiddle ClassGun ControlDistrustBansPossessingRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsDeprivingMisdeedsGolden OpportunityGun BanBritish RuleBritish Rule In India Book:My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography Source: My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography