Quotes by Atishi - Page 1

I belong to a Punjabi Hindu family.
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Belong
Hindu
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We are against politics of religion and caste.
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Caste
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Education and health are among our top priorities.
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Priorities
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I do not want to waste time in proving my identity to people.
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Identity
Waste
Proving
Waste Time
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My appeal to the people is to vote keeping their future in mind.
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Appeal
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The silent voter, interestingly, has always been the voter for AAP.
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Silent
Interestingly
Voter
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AAP is like a start-up. You do roles you would have never imagined.
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Start-Up
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Election funding is one of the biggest fault lines in our electoral system.
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Election
Funding
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Only when we recognise our privilege, we will be able to make a change for others.
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Privilege
Recognise
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A 24-hour police surveillance system will act as a deterrent for anti-social elements.
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Deterrent
Elements
Surveillance
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It was clear to us that social movements and activism can only take us so far in our mission.
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Activism
Social Movements
Mission
Movements
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No country which is now developed has done so without providing high quality public education.
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Providing
Public Education
Education Quality Country
No Country
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The sheer scale at which one is able to create change as elected representatives is unmatched.
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Representatives
Sheer
Scale
Elected
Unmatched
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Just and equal society could be made by drastically improving the condition of India's public schools.
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Improving
Condition
Drastically
Public Schools
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People should not be voting based on caste, religion, money, or liquor but real issues that affect their lives.
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Liquor
Voting
Affect
Caste
Real Issues
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Non-violent protests have reached a plateau. There is no other way but to get into politics to make your voice heard.
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Non Violent
Plateau
Protests
Reached
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Politics is far more complex and difficult than other professions, as it involves takeover of your own personal life.
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Personal Life
Involves
Professions
Takeover
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AAP will never support BJP, but it's determined to support Congress only if they will agree to give Delhi the full-state status.
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Agree
Congress
Delhi
Determined
Support
Status
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Unlike the Congress, the AAP stands for democratic rights of states, stands against the infringement of democratic rights by the Centre.
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Centre
Congress
Democratic
Unlike
Stands
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Delhi government doesn't have the power to open new colleges. Once Delhi gets full statehood, this is a very big issue that will be solved.
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Government
Delhi
Power Will New
Power Government Will
Power Government New
Open
Colleges
Full
Gets
Issue
Solved
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My parents believed in the ideology of the Left. And being influenced by Marxism and Leninism theories, they chose Marlena as my second name.
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Ideology
Marxism
Chose
Influenced
Theories
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My actual surname is Singh, and I come from a Punjabi Rajput family. Had I wanted to appease voters, then I would have gladly used my real surname.
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Appease
Voters
Actual
Gladly
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With politics, everyone - your neighbour, acquaintances, anyone you ever meet - has an opinion. Particularly about what Arvind Kejriwal should be doing.
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Neighbour
Acquaintances
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Politics also reflects the fault lines in our society, and the fact is that it is not very easy for any marginalised group to come forward in any domain.
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Domain
Marginalised
Reflects
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We intend to follow one strategy: that is to reach out to each and every resident in the constituency. We do not believe in just waving to the people from cars.
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Strategy
Follow
Intend
Reach
Resident
Waving
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If the student sitting in a class is unable to understand anything day in and day out, then that has a serious and long-term psychological impact on his/her life.
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Long Term
Psychological
Unable
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Everyone knows Gautam Gambhir is a star who is going to be in Bombay, London, and Johannesburg. He is not going to be available to attend to people of his constituency.
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Available
Bombay
Johannesburg
London
People Everyone Who
Attend
Star
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Ever since I took the plunge into active politics, I faced a fair amount of attacks and criticism from political rivals, and I had learnt to take it with a pinch of salt.
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Active
Amount
Criticism
Plunge
Rivals
Salt
Attacks
Faced
Fair
Fair Amount
Learnt
Pinch
Took
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I think people would say we have seen consequences of voting for Modi: nothing changed in our lives. Our children still don't have education. They don't have jobs. Women are still not safe.
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Jobs
Changed
Our Lives
Safe
Voting
Women Are
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Although BJP and Congress are two sides of same coin, BJP is far more communal. Since BJP came to power, there is an atmosphere of hatred, and there is a takeover of the democratic institutions.
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Atmosphere
Congress
Democratic
Hatred
Institutions
Sides
Although
Coin
Communal
Takeover
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Political parties usually accept funding from large industrialists and are then obliged to bow down to the demands of these individuals. When the government is funded by people's money, it will work for the people.
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Government
Funding
Obliged
Political Parties
Work Money Government
Accept
Bow
Down
For The People
Individuals
Large
Parties
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Anyone who sends their children now to government schools usually does it because they can't afford private education. I went to a government college where 350 out of 400 girls said their brothers go to private schools.
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Afford
Brothers
Private
Private Schools
Schools
Sends
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MPs are members in Delhi Development Authority. They can improve land allotment in schools, colleges, hospitals. MPs head the district-wise committee on monitoring how government bodies function. So, incrementally, MPs on their own can improve the situation.
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Authority
Delhi
Development
Function
Hospitals
Members
Monitoring
Situation
Bodies
Colleges
Committee
Improve
Schools
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Why does 80 per cent of East Delhi live in unauthorised colonies. No one wants to live in unauthorised colonies due to issues of sanitary and hygiene... people stay in unauthorised colonies because they have no other choice, and that really needs to be changed.
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Changed
Delhi
East
Hygiene
Issues
Sanitary
Cent
Choice
Colonies
Due
Per
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Safety and security in East Delhi is a very big concern, and this is an across-class concern. It isn't an issue that one segment faces and another does not... But because Delhi Police comes under the central government, there are virtually no steps being taken.
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Central Government
Concern
Delhi
East
Faces
Police
Safety
Security
Steps
Taken
Central
Issue
Virtually
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I was working as a volunteer in a village, 25 km. from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in 2012 when India Against Corruption movement started. I had realized that change needs to come from top downward, so I decided to join the movement as a volunteer and started policy research for the same.
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Corruption
Village
Volunteer
Downward
Join
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After I returned from Oxford, I spent 5-6 years in a village in Madhya Pradesh - 25 km. outside Bhopal - along with a group of people working with the communities. But, over time, we realised that there were just too many constraints, and for ordinary citizens to be the change agent was not that easy.
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Constraints
Ordinary
Oxford
Realised
Village
Agent
Change Time People
Returned
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Full statehood in Delhi is a larger issue as compared to anti-corruption. For, only when the Delhi government gets its anti-corruption bureau back will it get the power of suspension and vigilance inquiries on corrupt officers of different departments of the government. That is how you can curb the corruption.
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Government
Curb
Delhi
Officers
Suspension
Vigilance
Corrupt
Bureau
Compared
Full
Departments
Gets
Issue
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Under a democratic form of government, the people elect legislators and ministers to fulfil their policies. The role of the ministers is to give directions. The role of the bureaucracy is to implement those directions. If those who have to do the implementation are on strike, no policies can actually be implemented.
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Bureaucracy
Democratic
Legislators
Ministers
Government People Who
Directions
Elect
Fulfil
Implement
Policies
Role
Strike
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