On IWD in 2012, girls from Bangladesh’s rural areas state their vision!

“What do you want to be?” could be the second common question you have answered at several points in life. I remember scratching my scalp last time my grandfather held me in his arms and asked me the same question. He is no more.

But from the warmth of that embrace and the stumbles along the way that I survived, what I realise today is maybe there is small connection between wanting to be somebody and finally making it. The bright eyes are all that matter. The racing hearts are all that counts. Your ‘will’ is you!

Together with my colleague Shirin, I met a number of bright eyes and racing hearts recently. I give the floor to them…