As citizens, we have to co-create good governance, we cannot outsource it and hope to be passively happy consumers. Like everything worth its while, good governance must be earned. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless malintent can be proved. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
One of the great conundrums in philanthropy globally is that the way wealth creation happens itself often creates the inequities in society. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
Is water the next oil? Motives behind the question vary, depending on who asks the question. Those who see water as a future core commodity – therefore as profitable a prospect as oil – pose the question to create the right market conditions for water trade. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
The better off Indian can engage more deeply with political process to demand effectiveness from the institutions of the state. We can raise our voices for better education and healthcare, for better public infrastructure, for cleaner air. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of ‘the other.’ Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go and where states often cannot go. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
We cannot be mere consumers of good governance, we must be participants; we must be co-creators. Rohini Nilekani Read Quote
