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Perseverance Research Paper

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Thank you for that wonderful introduction. I am humbled and excited to be recognized tonight as we celebrate this fifteenth annual women honoring women celebration with tonight's theme "When Perseverance meets Passion." I want to thank WEDC for demonstrating kindness and passion in providing scholarships, encouragement, and mentorship to women who are facing many challenges worldwide. In life, everyone of us face challenges, but it is how we respond to these what I refer to as roadblocks that builds our Passion for others. I believe that perseverance met passion for me as a young girl, ten thousand miles from where I am speaking tonight, as I gazed into the starry skies of Eastern India on my parent's farm and determined that my path …show more content…

Through these experiences, I began to view life as a process where these challenges molded me to be more compassionate to the women around me every day who are struggling on so many levels. Every one of us has a story to share about our lives and how our collective journey has a common thread as women whether born in India, Canada, America, or anywhere else in the world. I believe that this tread that weaves us as ONE is Passion. My story as a farmer's daughter from India where women were not expected to be educated beyond grade school and a belief system where women got married at an early age through an arranged marriage and with an expected dowry payment to be paid in full to the Groom's family, Fortunately, I was able to convince my mother to send me down another pathway that allowed me to follow MY passion and attend college. When I got accepted into medical school with merit, they were happy to let me continue my education. Five years later, I faced my next challenge of getting married without a dowry payment. Thank God, Babu Rao Kakani came forward and married me without accepting a dowry payment from my

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