A letter to my daughter on her fifteenth birthday
- આ પત્રનો ગુજરાતી ભાવાનુવાદ અહી મૂકેલો છે - 19 October 2021 Dear Chhammu It is your fifteenth birthday. You asked me to write a poem but I could not write it. Instead, I am writing this letter to you. Fifteen is an important landmark in one’s life, especially that of a girl. In many macro statistical indicators, you will stop being a child. From now on you are part of the labour force and a group of reproductive age women. That is wonderful, no? This time in life is very interesting. I had mine some 30 years ago. As a fifteen-year-old, we question our reality. We don’t settle for limitations that our surrounding give to us. We strive to make the world – out little one and the big one – a better place. We are full of aspirations with a futuristic outlook. It is natural. So, when as a fifteen-year-old girl, you look forward to your life, let me share some insights from my past. My grandmother, the one I never had a chance to see or meet, w...