It is true that lack of rain causes famine but it is also true that the people of India have not the strength to fight the evil. The poverty of India is wholly due to the present rule. India is being bled till only the skeleton remains…all the vitality of the people is being sapped and we are left in an emaciated state of slavery.
Bhagwat, A.K.; Pradhan, G.P. (1958). Lokmanya Tilak – A Biography. Jaico Publishing House. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-81-7992-846-2.