Monday, May 11, 2009

Neera Chopra – Woman of Substance


It was just few days’ back that I read an article on timesofindia which inspired me to write about Mrs Neera Chopra (Mother of Femina Miss India –Pooja Chopra) in my blog. I want me and others to remember her “courage” and “never give up” attitude throughout his or her life, so I am including a post exclusively for her…
For those who dint read it let me write it down for you in short...

After getting married, Mrs Neera chopra was living a life full of abuses, poverty and shame. Her husband was a bad guy and used to beat her a lot. When she delivered a baby girl for the first time all were upset with her...

After been neglected, still she continued staying with his family since she had no other support…. She tried a lot to please her husband, but it was of no use….when Pooja (second child) was eight months in her womb, her husband got a girl to the house and announced he would marry her… Totally devastated she felt like killing herself at that time. But the mere thought of giving her children the best life brought her back to her senses…

In few days she left her husbands home and with the help of her family she continued to live …It was not so easy for her ... With each and every step there were difficulties and frustrations.. Emotionally and Financially she suffered a lot.. She worked Day and Night just to feed her children.. Sometimes she used to go to bed without eating dinner... Her daughters helped each other to grow to be wonderful human being they are today ..The youngest became the Femina Miss India this year..
In her speech Pooja Chopra says “‘I won due to my mother’s karma’...Pooja also adds that when her mother walked out his father’s house she turned around and told her husband, ‘One day, this girl will make me proud’. That day has come. Her husband went on to marry a woman who gave him two sons. Today, as I stand here as Miss India, I don’t even know if my father knows that it is me, his daughter, who has set out to conquer the world, a crown on my head.

Well this is what is called “Power of showing Courage, Determination, and Patience”. It’s for us to think why are we crying all the time for not having things the way we want… Our lives is much better and touchwood we have not gone through such tough times yet, still we break down after few failures in life... Is this Fair Enough?

I salute her and respect her from the bottom of my heart and would always pray to God to give me the same courage to move ahead in my life …