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

educationindiaInfosys Foundation Annual Report, 2010

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.

entrepreneurshipfaithTV interview, 2012

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.

choiceslifestylePublic lecture, 2018

A woman who is financially independent does not need permission to be generous. That independence is the foundation of everything.

empowermentfinancial-independenceWomen's economic empowerment forum, 2016

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-actionInfosys Foundation interview, 2014

Education is the only inheritance worth leaving a child. Everything else can be taken away.

childreneducationWise and Otherwise, 2006