#WATCH | Kolkata: Outgoing West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, "Sonia ji, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Hemant Soren rang me up. All the allies of INDIA Alliance told me that they are totally and absolutely with me. I think our solidarity will be united and strong for the next days. Akhilesh requested me if he can come today itself but I told him to come tomorrow. So, he will come tomorrow. One by one everyone will come. My target is very clear. I will strengthen the INDIA team, just like a small person. I don't have any chair now, so I am a commoner. So, you cannot tell me that I am using your chair. I am now a free bird. I gave my entire life in service to the people, even in these 15 years I have not withdrawn one paisa of pension. I am not taking one paisa of salary also. But now, I am a free bird. So, I have to do some work, that I will manage to do."
I learned how to make Muradabadi Biryani from Ghulam Rasool bhai, who has a biryani shop in front of the university I used to teach.
I was one of his first customers and a regular one--almost daily I would brunch there.
One day out of generosity, he taught me the recipe β€οΈ
βwhat if freedom depended on obedience? What if what you thought was your freedom was really just a bunch of meaningless options? What should I wear? What should I eat? What career? Etc.β https://t.co/Iv8oxucLK0
In any individualistic culture, obedience is disparaged. It immediately summons up images of SS soldiers and suicide bombers β and rightly so. Blind obedience is dangerous. But it is more than caution that characterizes the individualistβs hostile response to obedience.