A young girl finds her destiny

My dad is the epitome of honesty and discipline. My mom is a simple house maker with exemplary life and survival skills, a creative and sharp lady with a drive to achieve the best. I think I am just blessed to be born from them and luckier to get the best of both of their traits!!
I was an average student, not a curious child and never knew what I was looking for in life like any other teenager.
My mom wanted to do home science and go to Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, and since she could not, that’s how I landed in one of the premier Home Science Colleges of India, with no interest in cooking, sewing or any such life skills (Sadly but that’s how Home Science is interpreted to date!!)
On the day of the College Orientation, I was one among the crowd sitting and wondering why was I even here when I suddenly saw this young, smart lady in uniform – olive greens walking proudly towards the stage!! I really do not recollect what she said, all I knew was that she was an alumnus, all I could see was the olive green and the stars on her shoulder! She simply stood out! And that was my calling!
Three years in college passed in a flurry, and the time spent in the college transformed me from a young lost teenager to a very confident and independent young woman! It very subtly, strongly was preparing me for my next step. College got over and time to realise my calling had come.

‘Do you have it in you?’

The advertisement that the Indian Army ran at that time with a tag line – “Do you have it in you?”. This was the first time I realised that I had that killer instinct in me as if this advertisement was personally challenging me!! During the interview board in my SSB exam, I was asked,” why do you want to join the army” and I just answered,” because I have it in me!’
The 06 months of academy training and the 10 years of service in the Army gave me the experience, knowledge, and management skills, I so strongly believe no other organization can give and what I do today and where I stand today is because of the prime years which I spent in the Army and which moulded me as a person. You start carrying the DNA of the organization. As they say, you can leave the Army, but the Army never leaves you.