Met this amazing lady yesterday at a function at Prestige campus. She spoke in Hindi for about 45 minutes. Forthright, no-nonsense stuff about how she came to Indore for a project in 1985, and just stayed on. From Chandigarh, which she used to think was a great city.
Solar cookers were what she and her Irish husband Jimmy propagated, and built a training centre for Adivasi (tribal) women where they learnt how to operate these and much more! They went into their own villages and started new enterprises -including making sev (an Indori fetish) and selling it, to increase incomes.
Lots of stories, and wisdom. Including on time management. She says the smartphone is for me, I use it when I want to. She does not shop, period. She grows almost everything she needs around her house. She has been our ambassador to the U.N. several times, and does not pull her punches when it comes to the government, or anything else!
It was great to see a woman of substance! Her energy-she is 75- would put all teenagers to shame, not to speak of us oldies!
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