Kiran Bedi Quotes
When I was growing up, government was the agent of change: it was a developing country. What was important was to make a difference.
Bedi, Kiran. "A visionary steps up." TED, Nov. 2010.
Tragically, the world paid a terrible price for the German upheaval before the better world finally emerged.
This appears to have been the earliest political use of the phrase, “Great Society.”
The inventor of the Chi Square and Correlation Coefficient statistical methods. The lecture was also published as a political pamphlet. Pearson criticized the English Socialists who were calling for substantial immediate reforms on many fronts. Many of the reforms had much general support and the major political issue was the pace of reform.
Historically, there are two situations where major changes are made in societies: 1) After great crises—wars, depressions, plagues etc. 2) At times of great prosperity when people are feeling very generous and magnanimous.
Kiran Bedi is an Indian politician, retired police officer, social activist and former tennis player, who was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. She is the first Indian female to become an officer in the Indian Police Service and started her service in 1972. She remained in service for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007 as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development.
