I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me.

I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.

The death is unfortunate. It is an accident. It is not police atrocity . It is a small and petty matter.

We welcome the Election Commission's announcement of a five-phase poll in the state. We will abide by all the guidelines and directives issued by the Commission.

Never live life without a hope.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us

I am a woman in the prime of my life, with certain powers and those powers severely limited by authorities whose faces I rarely see.

From pitch perspective, the more you wear your idea, the more it fits you and your comfortable with it, the easier it is for somebody like me to say tell me more.

Vehemence without feeling is but rant.

What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.

Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.

I vividly remember the summer of 1964 with its voter registration drives, boiling racial tensions, and the erupting awareness of the cruelty of racism. I was never the same after that summer.

There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude.