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School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Community Education Environment Family Learn Reading School Something Writing You

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I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be a diplomat, teacher, doctor - all laid out.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Almost Diplomat Doctor Education Elitist Expensive India Laid Me Out Set Teacher Very

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In 1965, I went to what was called the worst Bihar famine in India, and I saw starvation, death, people dying of hunger, for the first time. It changed my life. I came back home, told my mother, 'I'd like to live and work in a village.' Mother went into a coma.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Back Came Changed Death Dying Famine First First Time Home Hunger India Life Like Live Mother My Life People Saw Starvation Time Village Work Worst I Came

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Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A traditional midwife is a professional. A traditional bone setter is a professional. These are professionals all over the world. You find them in any inaccessible village around the world.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Any Around Belief Bone Combination Competence Confidence Find Inaccessible Midwife Over Professional Professionals Someone Them Traditional Village Water Who World You

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You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with your hands. You have to have a dignity of labor. You have to show that you have a skill that you can offer to the community and provide a service to the community. So we started the Barefoot College, and we redefined professionalism.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Barefoot College Come Community Dignity Hands Labor Offer Our Professionalism Provide Service Show Skill Started Work You Your

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You come for the money, you don't come to Barefoot College. You come for the work and the challenge, you'll come to the Barefoot College. That is where we want you to try crazy ideas. Whatever idea you have, come and try it. It doesn't matter if you fail. Battered, bruised, you start again.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Again Barefoot Battered Bruised Challenge College Come Crazy Fail Idea Ideas Matter Money Start Try Want Whatever Where Work You

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In India, I'm always 'Aruna Roy's husband.'

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Always Husband India Roy

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Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you gave me $2.5 million, I can train 100 grandmothers, solar electrify 100 villages - 10,000 houses - and save you 100,000 litres of kerosene.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Absolutely Because Gave Grandmothers He Houses Jeff Me Millennium Million Model Ridiculous Said Save Solar Train Village Villages You I Can

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Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They don't have any confidence in themselves. They always think a white man will solve their problems from outside for them.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Africa Always Any Backbone Been Broken Confidence Countries How Man Maybe Noticed Outside Over Problems Solve Them Themselves Think Wherever White Will

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We have shown that solar-electrified villages can be technically and financially self-sufficient.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Financially Self-Sufficient Shown Technically Villages

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Educator

Born: August 2nd, 1945

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