Inspiration personified

People Kiran Bedi on her social initiatives and her new book, Groom & Broom

India's first woman IPS officer Dr. Kiran Bedi launched her book Groom & Broom (Wisdom Village, Publication Division), Rs. 195). Her conviction and honesty snaps you to immediate attention and for as long as she speaks, every word she says stirs feelings of awe and respect within. Remarkable indeed is the fact that despite pressing commitments and limited time, her attention never once wavered during the interview.

Bedi is hopeful that Groom & Broom will hold up a mirror to its reader reflect on themselves. “We are becoming more tolerant towards incivility. All of us are being negatively impacted by uncivil behaviour and we see it everywhere—between child and parent, in our state assemblies where MPs and MLAs throw mikes at each other, in our media where there's more shouting and less speaking and in our poor service delivery systems. We are talking management and leadership all the time, but we forget that decency and decorum lies at its very core. It's time we address this issue,” Dr. Bedi says with characteristic conviction.

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