I think Chanaka has written I I forgot
the exact name of the book. I I think it
was the Chanaka Niti where he’s
explained how you should be running a
country. It’s like a guide book for
politicians. Two questions. One, do you
guys study Chanaka’s writings and two
there’s a part of it that says that the
final aspect of being a great politician
or a leader
is the ability to give it up.
Yes. Yes.
What does this mean?
That you can walk away
from all the power, from all the clout,
from
everything. I’ve walked away before from
a career.
I have walked away from a media career
when I was at my peak, not when my
career had come to a standstill. So, I
know what it’s like to walk away.
Pardon me for saying this. No, say it
straight up. Okay.
Say it. I get a lot of dura mata energy
from you. It’s the painting. It’s not
like there’s like a ma or something in
front of me. See, I told you the mother
problem is
I think I’ve been very lucky. I have
been lucky from five perspectives. Let
me say this.
Somebody I absolutely loved who was the
center of my life and who gave me what I
am today as a persona. somebody who
helped me read, understand life, uh
learn how to forgive. That person died
when I was 13.
And for me, I could not imagine
living a life which did not respect his
belief in
that is one. Second, I always tell
people that people see the rasmataz
after Sazik Boti. They see the power of
the politician.
I have been at a place where I had 200
bucks in my pocket.
I have walked from Mahalakshmi station
to famous studio
in absolute fever
only to be told how hurried an act I was
and gone back home and wondered the next
day if I don’t get a job I am done. and
what will I do?
I still remember that fear, the
humiliation.
And I think it is important to remember
it because it keeps you grounded no
matter who you become in life.
Possibly a little motivated as
No, it teaches you how people value you
if you were just you.
What is your value just as you?
It’s nothing.
I remember when I had my first child,
I had to go back to work 2 days after
giving birth because I had no money
and I went through a cycle where when I
was pregnant, I used to sit if anybody
has seen the Balaji old office and if
you remember 20 years or whoever, it was
a broken road. My my cameraman, my
makeup artist used to come in cars. I
used to come in auto
And they used to be scared. They used to
say ma’am,
you’re pregnant heavily. You’re coming,
you’ll fall someday. Something will
happen. You’ll go into a basement work
and everything. You have the baby. 2
days later, you know you have to come
back to work
and you’re alone because your husband
has found a job overseas.
You are 24, 25 years old.
So, you manage the baby. You manage your
job. You break your bones. My bones hurt
till this day because I’ve been working
like that.
So no matter what I become in life, I
know what it’s like to be alone at 24
25. The baby is 2 days old
and I’ll never forget that.
And the last thing
I know this is temporary.
Life itself.
Life itself.
life itself everybody knows but nobody
believes it
till it’s too late.
So I know that everybody I love and many
that I have loved will leave me
either out of deceit or because they
don’t exist anymore.
The issue is can you forgive, forget and
move on.
So I have learned how to forget
detachment. I think that’s the core of
this whole conversation.