Learnt to love trouble...: PM Modi shares his life mantra in debut podcast with Zerodha's Kamath

In debut podcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that his life's mantra was to never do anything "wrong" with bad intentions.

Speaking in a podcast with Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath, PM Modi said that human beings, including him, are prone to make mistakes, but it shouldn't be at the cost of doing things with bad intentions.

"When I became the Chief Minister, I gave a speech in which I said, 'I will not shy away from hard work' and 'I will not do anything for myself' and 'I am human who can make mistakes, but I will never do anything wrong with bad intentions.' This is my life's Mantra. Everyone makes mistakes, including me. After all, I am a human being, not some God," PM Modi said in the podcast hosted by Nikhil Kamath.


"Becoming a politician is one thing and to become successful in politics is a different thing... I believe for that, you need dedication, commitment, you should be there for the people, and you should be a good team player. If you consider yourself above all, thinking that everyone will follow you, maybe his politics works and he wins the elections, but there is no guarantee that he will be a successful politician..." said PM Modi.

PM Modi further said "If you see, all our stalwart leaders in the beginning, they emerged from the independence movement. Their thought process, their maturity is different... Their words, their behaviour... everything reflects utmost dedication towards the society. So, I believe that good people should keep on coming into the politics and that too with a mission, not ambition..."