"In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70 percent of the burden of caring for children, the aged, the disabled and the sick falls on women most of whom receive no pay for these very essential tasks.Normally speaking, it may be said that the forces of capitalism, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and thus increase the gap between them."

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Source: Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Sept. 1964-May 1949”

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first Prime Minister and a key figure in the country's struggle for independence, advocating for democracy and social justice.

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