Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

Critical thinking and curiosity are the key to creativity.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

The day I set foot in Hyderabad, I saw an animal being hit by a vehicle. The city did not have a shelter for the bleeding animal, and I brought it home. In less than a month, our house was home to all kinds of animals - a buffalo with a broken hip, a blind mongoose, goats, dogs, cats.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

Rukmini Devi was an icon for all the Bharat Natyam students at Kalakshetra. I grew up watching her at dance school and I associate her style with grace and humility - it's never the clothes, it's the persona.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

From Blue Cross we reach out to about 14,000 school kids every year. No matter where I go, be it a police station or a corporate office, I have some youngsters coming up to me to saying, 'madam we heard you in school.' It feels great and that's something I really enjoy doing.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

When the Hyderabad Chapter of TFI approached me to be a part of their Leaders in Classroom event, I readily agreed to be a part of it. It was a great classroom experience. I really enjoyed myself. The kids were very expressive and it was heartening to say the least.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

Children don't have anywhere to go except cinema halls, malls and restaurants. All three aren't ideal places for kids to grow up in.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

There's is a fine line between living one's truth and looking good.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

I would like to clarify that the only adoption I am involved is through the Blue Cross Animal Welfare Shelter where we provide healthy and friendly homeless animals for adoption.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

Personally, I have met many widows who've been thrown out of their homes. I had done a fund-raising event to help widows supported by Bala Vikasa group in Warangal.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

It is nice to go down the memory lane and remember who I am and what my roots are.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

I am half Bengali and half Irish by birth.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

My father was from East Bengal. Having lost everything to the Partition, he came as a refugee.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

We live in a country with a vast majority of people below the poverty line. Our natural resources are limited and getting scarcer.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

Nelson Mandela, Dada Vaswani, Harsh Mander, Shabana Azmi - I admire their humanitarian work. But sadly even Nelson Mandela could not keep corruption out of his cabinet and within a year, I am told, the victims of apartheid turned into perpetrators of corruption on their own people. Greed has no boundaries of colour or country does it?

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

My life is rich in experiences and opportunities and I am living it to the fullest.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

What I find most deplorable is cruelty of spirit - racism, casteism, and religious or social prejudice.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

War is such a wasteful activity.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

We all go through phases; in one such phase, I was interested to know about the psychic phenomenon.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

A whole generation is moving away from highly ritualistic practices into a more thinking, spiritual process. By spiritual, I don't refer to a cult or a guru. In your heart, you continue to feel the presence of people who've been dear to you even after they've left.

Amala Akkineni
Amala Akkineni

I was extremely close to my mother-in-law and after she, and later my father-in-law passed away, I continue to feel their presence.