Values are most important. Democratic values have to be instilled from childhood and the child sees at an early stage in life in every situation in s…

- Ela Bhatt

It is our moral failure that we still tolerate poverty

- Ela Bhatt

Out of all virtues simplicity is my most favorite virtue. So much so that I tend to believe that simplicity can solve most of the problems, personal …

- Ela Bhatt

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

- Ela Bhatt

Non-violence is not a passive idea. It is ethical activism at its political best

- Ela Bhatt

I relish simplicity as an all-comprehensive value.

- Ela Bhatt

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

- Ela Bhatt