I do take pride in saying that in spite of being in public life for so long, there is not a single case against me, not even for wrongly parking a scooter or driving on the wrong side.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Showing your life so public is a mistake sometimes, but I blame myself as much as anyone else.
I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realised I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.
The very first time I got to drive by myself, I took a bunch of my friends to school and was caught by a motorcycle cop going 90 miles an hour on a back street.
In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.
I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.
If somebody takes the parking place you were waiting for, I tend to kind of let it roll off my back. Maybe I'm harboring a lot of something and it will all explode somewhere down the road, but I tend to just let it slide off my back.
You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.
The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know.
For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.
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