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Blog: My Fight For Students Against Private Medical Colleges - By Kiran Bedi
My fight was against the extortion racket of private medical institutions, in particular Deemed Universities in Puducherry. How deep is the rot I had not fathomed at the time. But I had heard that it enjoyed powerful patronage.
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Opinion: I'm On Mission Mode, Not A Ceremonial Head
They are wasting their time on me. Instead, work with me and see what a miracle Pondicherry could be within months.
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Opinion: Chief Minister's Ban On WhatsApp Immature, Unpardonable
He overlooked the framework and guidelines for the use of social media by government organisations issued by Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information. It seems he did not know that his own department had issued a similar circular on the use of social media on July 4, 2016. He himself is on Twitter.
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Opinion: After Cyclone Vardah, Kiran Bedi's Tips On How To Prep A City For Safety
I resolved that we may not be able to prevent a cyclone, or heavy rains, but we can all be prepared to mitigate their effects.
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Opinion: Swachh Bharat Must Include Removing Dog Shit Too
This situation about the fear of stray dogs is reportedly not only in Pondicherry but all over the country. It is because we have let stray dogs roam the streets, even when ferocious and a threat to human safety.
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Opinion: What I Learnt In 100 Days As Lieutenant Governor
I wanted the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry to be known to be easily accessible, a communicator, citizen-friendly, consultative, collaborative, a solutions provider, secure, well-informed and even recognisable.
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Opinion: Why I Threatened To Leave Puducherry. Cleaning It Is Not For Me Alone.
If we want to make Puducherry clean then it has to be we, not me alone.
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Opinion: With WhatsApp, I'm Trying To Ensure Common Man Gets Immediate Help
Our first endeavour was to bring together all Heads of Departments on one platform to start communicating with each other on an real-time basis and keep up the conversation. Chat with each other. Be friends without even formal dinners.
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Opinion: India vs Its Arm-Chair Bureaucrats: Enough Is Enough
Now we know, friends, why all the impressive schemes and ideas are not bearing fruit at the ground level. And all the huge financial investments are not yielding proportionate results and reaching the sections of society for whom these are meant for. It is arm chair bureaucracy.
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Opinion: Why I Asked Rajinikanth To Be Puducherry's Brand Ambassador
Prosperous Puducherry cannot be prosperous until is it safe, secure and Swachh.
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Opinion: Why I Have Banned VIP Car Rules In Week 1 At Work
Sitting in the car, with blaring sirens, even though I saw people greeting me, I felt suffocated and isolated. As same cheering people were pushed and held back, I felt distant. I felt apologetic and ashamed when I drove past several waiting for me to pass.
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Opinion: As A Police Officer, Shaktiman Was Let Down
I think it's time to restrict the deployment of Mounted Police where it can serve us as best such as ceremonials, patrolling the streets, small lanes, rural areas, and, of course, for visibility and confidence-building.
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Opinion: Delhi Cop Monika Bhardwaj, Ignore The Trolls. You Did Good.
So what if Monika was abused? We cops are trained to deal with it. Earlier it was to our face. Now it's on the wire!
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Opinion: Smriti Irani Pulped Her Critics In Parliament
Listening to Smriti Irani responding to the Hyderabad and JNU student incidents on the floor of the House was mesmerising. It will remain historical for all times as one of the finest defence-attack speeches in parliament. It left "All the Men" and a "Few Women" speechless.
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Opinion: On JNU Arrest, Delhi Police Is On Thin Ice
Policing the world's largest democracy of over a billion people with myriad castes, creed, colour, language, age, gender, beliefs, status, needs, history is like striving to win a "Mahabharata" almost daily.
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Blog: What I told 22 Bright, Young Policewomen From Across the World
I was a visiting faculty on a ten-day program in Hanoi for women in police leadership. It was an Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program, also called 'ARLEMP'.
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Opinion: At 81, This Unsung Hero Is Turning Women's Lives Around
Kiran Bedi shares the success story of women empowerment in Jabalpur's branch of Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad.
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Opinion: When Cops Throw Bricks or Shoot Their Seniors
This piece focusses on the police officer's conduct and the proposed corrective measures being considered by the Police Department in Delhi.
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Opinion: The Sordid Reality of Marital Rape
What compels a wife to continue living with her husband who is a sex-maniac? What kind of man commits such atrocious acts on his wife, almost daily?
