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The real indicators of a country's progress are not the buildings it builds but the quality of its libraries and toilets.

educationindia— Infosys Foundation Annual Report, 2010
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The Rs 10,000 I gave my husband was not an investment. It was faith in a dream. The returns came to India, not to me.

entrepreneurshipfaith— TV interview, 2012
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If you spend fifty thousand rupees on a saree, think of how many school toilets that could build. I do not say do not buy the saree. I say know what you are choosing.

choiceslifestyle— Public lecture, 2018
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A woman who is financially independent does not need permission to be generous. That independence is the foundation of everything.

empowermentfinancial-independence— Women's economic empowerment forum, 2016
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I visit every project we fund. I do not trust reports. I trust what I can see with my own eyes and touch with my own hands.

accountabilitydirect-action— Infosys Foundation interview, 2014
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Education is the only inheritance worth leaving a child. Everything else can be taken away.

childreneducation— Wise and Otherwise, 2006