Life is on an incline, you either go up or come down: Kiran Bedi

As the first and highest-ranking female officer in the Indian police service, Kiran Bedi earned a reputation for being tough yet innovative on the job. Her efforts to prevent crime, reform prisons, end drug abuse, and support women’s causes earned her a Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Bedi managed one of India’s toughest prisons and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a centre of learning and meditation.

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As the first and highest-ranking female officer in the national police force, Kiran Bedi earned a reputation for being tough yet innovative on the job.

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Here in an inspirational video, she shares her thoughts on crime and punishment from the stage at TEDWomen. “A hundred things happen in your life, good or bad. Out of 100, 90 are your creation 10 are things that happen due to external factors. So good or bad, enjoy it because most of it is because of you. My parents often told me life is on an incline, either you go up or you come down,” she said.