One thing I would tell women is that they must take up the challenge. Very often, we anticipate a lot of problems, and therefore, we don’t take the lead. And I think that we are shortchanging ourselves if we don’t do that. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don’t get everything right. It’s always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
If you snap off people’s heads and get on to a kind of a pedestal, it’s more difficult for people to approach you. It’s much easier if you are down there with them. They will talk to you. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
If you are approachable, if you keep your line of communication open, then very often, you get to hear what you need to hear. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
Some people look at my photos and think maybe I’m feeling frazzled, but I really want to tell them I’m just having a bad hair day! Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
Women being women, they are very sincere, committed, and honest in what they do. If they feel they are shortchanging some segment of their responsibility, they have a tendency of holding themselves back. What I would like to tell them is that it is not necessarily true that you will short-change one or the other. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
Had it not been for the groundswell of support by the people of India, we would not have seen such a huge exercise of demonetisation bounce off without a single riot or a single law and order issue. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the narrative around on demonetisation very quickly by promoting the move as one way of ending systemic corruption in the country. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
Cash imposes a huge burden. We don’t understand it, as it is not immediately visible. It is a huge burden on society. Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
Why should a country have to take on itself a huge burden of managing a totally cash economy? Arundhati Bhattacharya Read Quote
