About the Book
"What do I do with all that I see, hear, read and observe? I can ignore, forget, complain or postpone ... But I needed to write and express in words what I saw ... and I will continue to ... "
Kiran Bedi, in her usual refreshingly candid style, shares wide-ranging issues which have angered, inspired or fascinated her. Through her matter-of- fact style of writing, she draws her readers into situations that they may either not have access to or may tend to ignore.
As I See ... is a persistent effort by the author to encourage greater awareness about various social and ethical issues in a hope to invoke, provoke and inspire readers to heightened levels of sensitivity, participation and response.
About the Author
Dr. Kiran Bedi is India's first and highest ranking woman officer in the Indian Police Service. Her experience and expertise include more than 33 years of tough, responsive and interactive policing, within India and outside.
She has worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations. She has represented India at the United Nations, and in international forums on crime prevention, drug trafficking and abuse, prison reform, women's issues and peace- keeping operations.
Recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (also called the Asian Nobel Prize), and several other decorations, Dr. Bedi is the author of four books and a regular columnist with leading dailies, newspapers and magazines. She is also a very sought after speaker on various social, professional and leadership issues at national and international forums.
She is the founder of two Non- Governmental Organizations, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, that provide drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation, residential schooling for children of prisoners, in addition to education, training, counselling, and health care to the urban and rural poor.
Contents
1.
Blurred, Yet Moved
1
2.
A Day of Gratitude
4
3.
Giving Readers Good Choices
7
4.
Internal- Policing
10
5.
From Darkness to light
13
6.
Giving In or Giving Up ...
16
7.
Don't Read, Please Talk
20
8.
Right to Reject
24
9.
Parents Like Mine
27
10.
A Wish Speech
30
11.
Eating the Elephant
33
12.
Illicit to Genuine Spirit
37
13.
My Maiden Duty - An Eye-Witness Account
41
14.
More Captain Thapars - How?
45
15.
Never Too Late
48
16.
All of Yourself
52
17.
We Can Learn from This Mayor
55
18.
Salute the Vision
59
19.
Want to Fail or Pass?
63
20.
Who is a Champion?
67
21.
Soft Backbones and Hard Hearts
71
22.
Ritual to Real
75
23.
We are Being Held Back
79
24.
The Miracle of Dhamma
82
25.
Shapath Without Ifs and Buts
85
26.
Till Further Orders
88
27.
Three Orbits
92
28.
Removing Obstacles
96
29.
Here and There
99
30.
Whoever and Wherever
102
31.
My Reward
105
32.
Zero Tolerance
109
33.
Questions Which Need Answers
112
34.
Bhogor Yog
115
35.
Values in Policing
118
36.
Not Just One
122
37.
Not Born Free
125
38.
Who is to Blame?
128
39.
The Enemy Within
130
40.
Khadi and Khaki
133
41.
Where There is a Will There is a Way
135
42.
Pigeons, Dogs and Trucks
139
43.
The Best and the Worst
143
44.
Foundations or Furniture
147
45.
The Oldest Profession is Thriving
150
46.
Life Goes Through Rehearsals
154
47.
Justice Delayed
158
48.
Let's Help Ourselves
160
49.
Enthusiasm to Serve
163
50.
Visionary Leaders
166
51.
Combatting Terrorism
169
52.
Responsible Parenting
172
53
Service Before Self
174
54.
The Rule of Law
177
55.
All- Rounders
180
56.
Double Standards
183
57.
Royalty into Garbage
186
58.
Change is Life
189
59.
Putting Passion to Work
193
60.
Lifeline of Life
196
61.
To be Home by Sunset
199
62.
Dawn of a New Generation
203
63.
What is Stopping You
207
64.
We are Different
211
65
360 Degrees
214
66.
Wings of God
218
67.
Depends on Our Perspective
220
68.
Where is My Country?
223
69.
Taking Care of Women in Distress
226
70.
Are They Pretty or Beauty Contests?
230
71.
No City is Dearer to me than New Delhi
233
72.
Quality People will Deliver Quality Results
236
73.
Life is Change Growth is Optional.
239
Choose Wisely
74.
Where Women Groan Under Bride Price
242
75.
Will We See A Change in our own Lifetime?
245
76.
Danger Zone: Men and Women at Work
248
77.
Speaking up for the Aging Guardians
251
78.
Wanted: Gurpreets and Sardar Patels
254
79.
To Our Representatives
257
80.
Build on Strengths
260
81.
New Ideas and Idioms for Success
263
82.
Where are the Wives of Policemen?
267
83.
What I Missed Most when I was Abroad
270
84.
The World Will Watch You ...
273
85.
A Guarantee of Good Governance
276
86.
Goodbye UN ... For Now ... ?
280
87.
My Mission at the United Nations
284
88.
You Be The Sky ... But How?
288
89.
Promoting Peace All Around
292
90.
The Power of the 5Ps
295
91.
Thanksgiving as a Celebration
299
92.
Amtrak and the Shatabdi: A Study in Contrast
303
93.
A Comparative Reality Circus
307
94.
Voters' Right to Know, US Style
311
95.
An American Friend's Visit To India
315
96.
Where Security is Offensive and Obnoxious
319
97.
An Open Letter to All Indians Anywhere
322
98.
Prayer Promotes Ties And Spreads Harmony
326
99.
Commonalities in Diversity
329
100.
Excellence in What?
332
101.
The Real Meaning of Power
335
102.
Full Marks to the Judiciary
338
103.
Let's Demystify the Roots of Leadership
341
104.
It's Good to be a Saheli
345
105.
Let's Learn the Culture of Giving and Sharing
349
106.
Iraqi Prisons and the Humiliation of the US
352
107.
It's Good to be Grounded Once
355
108.
We Exist in Profound Interdependence
359
109.
Women Sarpanches as Rubber Stamps
362
110.
We The People Who Make Way for 'Them'
365
111.
The Hen and the Pig Talk about Starvation
368
112.
Seeing Indian Women in a Time Warp
371
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