It is my birthright, it is my political right, it is my democratic right, it is my constitutional right... that I must open my mouth... my voice... I can raise my voice.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of speaking out and asserting one's rights.
Mamata Banerjee's quote reflects the fundamental belief in one's inherent rights to express thoughts and opinions freely. It underscores the significance of using one's voice as a means of empowerment and democratic participation in society, highlighting that the ability to speak is not just a personal entitlement, but a collective expectation within a democratic framework.
In practice
During a political rally to inspire citizens to vote and speak out against injustice.
and even when I was broken the way sometimes one can be broken, and even though I had fallen, I found upon arising that I was stronger than before, that the glories, if I may call them that, which I had loved so much and that had been darkened in my fall, were shinning even brighter and nearly everytime subsequently I have fallen and darkness has come over me, they have obstinately arisen, not as they were, but brighter.
I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around to the rear door to enter. That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point where the white passengers would start occupying.
I was assigned boy at birth but I have always known I was a girl.
Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.
That one man scorned and covered with scars _x000D_ Still strove with his last ounce of courage _x000D_ To reach the unreachable star.
Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression.
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