I have repeated ad nauseam my party's issues, which range from improving the lot of the poor to women's issues.

I have no problem working with anybody as long as they are efficient and their intentions, their philosophy, their ideology are clear.

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.

After my father died, we faced hardship but never asked anybody for help. We were self-sufficient.

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of the South and fails to exercise it?

Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman.

The whole government publicity situation has everybody in the news business almost in despair, with half a dozen agencies following different lines.

We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.