Ec.europa.eu – “Almost 80 million people, of whom 19 million are children, live below the poverty line in the EU. Despite an improvement in overall living standards over the past decade, poverty and social exclusion remain major issues in most countries, with substantial differences across the EU.”
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Reporter, July 24, 1973, London: Like poverty, and this lack of balance between rich and poor. How these problems can be solved?
Prabhupada: That, that… Gandhi wanted to solve it, but you rejected. Gandhi wanted it to… Village organization. He started that Wardha Ashram. But you have rejected. What Gandhi can do? That was good proposal—to remain satisfied in one’s own place. That was Gandhi’s proposal. That “Don’t go to the city, town, for so-called better advantage of life.
Remain in your own home, produce your food, and be satisfied there.” That was Gandhi’s policy. The economic problem he wanted to solve by keeping cows, by agriculture, by spinning thread. “You want food, shelter and cloth? Produce here, and remain here. Don’t be allured by the capitalists and go to cities and engage in industries.” But Jawaharlal Nehru wanted, overnight, to Americanize the whole India. That is the folly. Full Conversation
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