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So I started home schooling. I was a little freaked out about that, because I' m such a social person, involved in everything. It was awesome. I loved it and I loved being home. ”
You can be aware and educated and informed, but you've got to place emphasis on being compassionate, having empathy and understanding. ”
The songs in 'Wonderland' don't have a melodic life for me - I'm not a musical person - but they have an emotional life, an emotional echo perhaps. ”
Leadership requires the ability to engage and to create empathy for communities with disparate needs and ideas. Telling an effective story - especially in romantic suspense - demands a similar skill set. ”
While my parents both worked full-time, we still grappled with the scourge of working-class poverty. But my entrepreneurial mother used her research skills to consult. And, along with my dad, she even ran a soul food restaurant for my great-aunt. ”
My life has always been about making certain I accrue the skills necessary to make my ambitions real. ”
My approach to running for office has always been driven by where can I do the most good and where are my skills best applied. ”
I went back to Kolkata around two years back after a gap of 14 years, and though the city had changed, the people hadn't. Everybody is cultured and knowledgeable there. I have emotional memories of the place. ”
I'm not a social person. I don't like parties. I like small groups, we discuss ideas in my office. ”
I went through a phase where I wanted to be a writer... but it's not social enough. ”