Today, the situation of women in our country has undergone a vast change, though for many it remains the same. Yet, there are a lot of choices available and each choice is filled with potential conflicts -- professional demands and expectations, home responsibilities, children's needs, family relationships, time constraints, physical capabilities, financial status, social expectations, job insecurities, and many more. How do women handle these competing demands, full of contradictions and conflicts? How do they learn to deal with conflict management? Who teaches them? What kind of solutions do they move towards? How much time do they take to learn? and do they? In her usual bold, candid and simple style Kiran Bedi presents her deep insights about issues that affect women and presents some of her innovative ideas on what needs to be done by the government, the leaders, the society and the individuals.

Corruption has speeded so deeply into the systems of governance in India that the common man has lost faith in every administrative process. This wide-spread disease of corruption can only be cured by a total revamp of its political, investigative and prosecuting systems. What we are seeing all around us today is nothing but loot. Loot of very high scale to the extent we can't count the number of zeros. And as this started to unfold with line Commonwealth Games exposure, it got my goat. I started to be a part of a collective voice which became louder by the day. At times very shrill, not by choice, but by compelling circumstances. But all for one common cause -- a well governed India--a better India which makes us all prosperous and our next generation secure. This is the spirit behind this collection. If the corrupt can unite for their vested interest, why we, the victims, not unite for our own selves? Be the change!

Broom & Groom is a mirror for self-reflection and a behavioural compass which could improve community living and enhance our social acceptance globally. The authors yearn for a social renaissance of civil behaviour. It is their dream that this book triggers a movement where the people in power and the public come together and once and for all change the conditions we live in. Through Broom & Groom Kiran Bedi and Pavan Choudary have made their move and now await yours.

From the holy city of Amritsar, India to the Mecca of International Peace, the United Nations, to challenging social injustices ...this is the inspiring journey of the first woman in the Indian Police Service.