Ahead of receiving her National Award (her third) from President Pranab Mukherjee for Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Kangana Ranaut gave interviews to a couple of TV channels where she talks about the controversy (without naming Hrithik Roshan) and spoke about being vilified in the English press. Excerpts of her interview with Headlines Today and NDTV.    


--  I am proud of my fragile body and sharp mind. Why should I use my body if I can use my mind.
--    If a woman is super successful, she is called a psychopath   
-- My success is my sweet revenge against controversy   
-- I am a self-pleaser, not a people-pleaser.   
-- We as women have been defending ourselves way too long.   
-- I don't find it humiliating when they call me a psychopath, witch or whore.
-- If a woman is sexually active, she's called a whore.
-- Women can kill with success and sarcasm, why use hands?   
-- Sometimes you have bad days, but then you have cupcakes   
-- I am not entitled to give my views on something which will be decided in court.
-- I don't know how to be anybody else than who I am.
-- It's been a roller coaster ride but I feel I am on the right track.
-- It's unbelievable that women have been treated like objects.
-- Every attempt is being made to embarrass me.
-- I wasn't prepared for what happened (with Hrithik).
-- I wasn't prepared for the name calling.
-- Easy to call a woman a psycopath, a whore.
-- Can't pretend to be sorry for what I have done.
-- Can't explain why I went into certain relationships.
-- Not ashamed about anything I have done in my life.
-- Unacceptable that people discussed my periods and called it gross. There is nothing gross about menstruation.
--The mentality is if I cannot get you I will destroy you.