'Women should not stay in marriages with unsupportive, controlling husbands. Why do they have to take permission from their husband for anything?'

Kiran Bedi is known as one of the most fearless and feared cops in India. In this episode of AfterHours with AAE, Kiran Bedi talks about why motherhood should never be an accident, why women need to take control of their own lives, and the potential she saw in convicted criminals that made her start a Vipassana programme in Tihar Jail.

Listen to this podcast with Kiran Bedi, hosted by Bani Anand, and enjoy the stories she takes us through of her time as a police and prisons officer.

(00:00) Episode begins

(06:00) When cops had to salute a woman for the first time

(18:02) "Dharam ka matlab Hindu ya Musalman nahi hota"

(19:36) 'Better to be single than miserable in a marriage'

(24:46) A child should be a choice, not an accident.

(30:21) Behind the scenes of "Aap Ki Kachehri”

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