[Applause] now tell me what comes instantly to your
now tell me what comes instantly to your
now tell me what comes instantly to your mind when I see love is it the name of
mind when I see love is it the name of
mind when I see love is it the name of your boyfriend/girlfriend Valentine’s
your boyfriend/girlfriend Valentine’s
your boyfriend/girlfriend Valentine’s Day chocolate money food nothing further
Day chocolate money food nothing further
Day chocolate money food nothing further and further and tell me did the word
and further and tell me did the word
and further and tell me did the word mother come to your mind tell me how
mother come to your mind tell me how
mother come to your mind tell me how many of you thought of your mother for
many of you thought of your mother for
many of you thought of your mother for most of us especially teenagers weeping
most of us especially teenagers weeping
most of us especially teenagers weeping our mothers someone who constantly nags
our mothers someone who constantly nags
our mothers someone who constantly nags us telling us to clean dishes telling us
us telling us to clean dishes telling us
us telling us to clean dishes telling us to do homework but we actually never
to do homework but we actually never
to do homework but we actually never realize how precious how priceless a
realize how precious how priceless a
realize how precious how priceless a mother mother’s love mother’s devotion
mother mother’s love mother’s devotion
mother mother’s love mother’s devotion actually is I didn’t realize it until I
actually is I didn’t realize it until I
actually is I didn’t realize it until I turned 16 allow me to explain by
turned 16 allow me to explain by
turned 16 allow me to explain by traveling back in time my mother is
traveling back in time my mother is
traveling back in time my mother is Russian and my father is Indian my dad
Russian and my father is Indian my dad
Russian and my father is Indian my dad went for university to Russia that’s
went for university to Russia that’s
went for university to Russia that’s where he met my mom fell in love got
where he met my mom fell in love got
where he met my mom fell in love got married after eight years I was born
married after eight years I was born
married after eight years I was born typical fairytale as I said I was born
typical fairytale as I said I was born
typical fairytale as I said I was born in Russia and I lived there for about
in Russia and I lived there for about
in Russia and I lived there for about six years before things took a turn my
six years before things took a turn my
six years before things took a turn my mother and father got divorced I went
mother and father got divorced I went
mother and father got divorced I went the dig so my mom was financially
the dig so my mom was financially
the dig so my mom was financially unstable at the time she couldn’t take
unstable at the time she couldn’t take
unstable at the time she couldn’t take care of me so when so what she did she
care of me so when so what she did she
care of me so when so what she did she gave my custody to my father so when my
gave my custody to my father so when my
gave my custody to my father so when my dad’s education was over I had to move
dad’s education was over I had to move
dad’s education was over I had to move with him from Russia to India when the
with him from Russia to India when the
with him from Russia to India when the day came to leave I was not able to
day came to leave I was not able to
day came to leave I was not able to understand what was going on around me I
understand what was going on around me I
understand what was going on around me I was too young at that time I didn’t know
was too young at that time I didn’t know
was too young at that time I didn’t know why my dad was packing bags I didn’t
why my dad was packing bags I didn’t
why my dad was packing bags I didn’t know why my mom was crying and hugging
know why my mom was crying and hugging
know why my mom was crying and hugging me so hard when we reached the airport
me so hard when we reached the airport
me so hard when we reached the airport my mom was just continuously crying and
my mom was just continuously crying and
my mom was just continuously crying and said to me my heart I will take you soon
said to me my heart I will take you soon
said to me my heart I will take you soon I’ll come back and I’ll take you soon
I’ll come back and I’ll take you soon
I’ll come back and I’ll take you soon few words later on the same day with
few words later on the same day with
few words later on the same day with each tally and when the doors opened and
each tally and when the doors opened and
each tally and when the doors opened and I stepped out I felt like I was in the
I stepped out I felt like I was in the
I stepped out I felt like I was in the microwave oven literally no exaggeration
microwave oven literally no exaggeration
microwave oven literally no exaggeration it was that hard you could fry eggs on
it was that hard you could fry eggs on
it was that hard you could fry eggs on the sidewalk and just like the scorching
the sidewalk and just like the scorching
the sidewalk and just like the scorching heat the seriousness of the situation
heat the seriousness of the situation
heat the seriousness of the situation was just hitting me we took a train
was just hitting me we took a train
was just hitting me we took a train where my dad’s family used to live in
where my dad’s family used to live in
where my dad’s family used to live in India Bikaner
India Bikaner
India Bikaner up until this point Delhi was tolerable
up until this point Delhi was tolerable
up until this point Delhi was tolerable but Bikaner was a culture shock for
but Bikaner was a culture shock for
but Bikaner was a culture shock for those of you do not know beacon air is a
those of you do not know beacon air is a
those of you do not know beacon air is a very rural desert town in the northern
very rural desert town in the northern
very rural desert town in the northern parts of India can anyone hear guests
parts of India can anyone hear guests
parts of India can anyone hear guests what’s the first thing I saw when I
what’s the first thing I saw when I
what’s the first thing I saw when I reached picanha a cow and not just the
reached picanha a cow and not just the
reached picanha a cow and not just the car not just a cow a lot of girls as you
car not just a cow a lot of girls as you
car not just a cow a lot of girls as you can imagine Bikaner wasn’t the place I
can imagine Bikaner wasn’t the place I
can imagine Bikaner wasn’t the place I was used to and without my mother there
was used to and without my mother there
was used to and without my mother there I felt like I was incomplete but they
I felt like I was incomplete but they
I felt like I was incomplete but they started to pass and I grew comfortable
started to pass and I grew comfortable
started to pass and I grew comfortable to that place and by the time I got used
to that place and by the time I got used
to that place and by the time I got used to it
to it
to it I was uprooted once again and this time
I was uprooted once again and this time
I was uprooted once again and this time to Shepherd so after about two years we
to Shepherd so after about two years we
to Shepherd so after about two years we moved to jeopardy / was a great place if
moved to jeopardy / was a great place if
moved to jeopardy / was a great place if you want to compare it with big honey it
you want to compare it with big honey it
you want to compare it with big honey it was an amazing place it had pretty good
was an amazing place it had pretty good
was an amazing place it had pretty good infrastructure
infrastructure
infrastructure where’s beacon it didn’t have any
where’s beacon it didn’t have any
where’s beacon it didn’t have any infrastructure
infrastructure
infrastructure I was so disconnected from what my
I was so disconnected from what my
I was so disconnected from what my family was from my family but being in a
family was from my family but being in a
family was from my family but being in a large city like jeffer
large city like jeffer
large city like jeffer helped me my dad remarried there and my
helped me my dad remarried there and my
helped me my dad remarried there and my mom at the same time got an offer to UE
mom at the same time got an offer to UE
mom at the same time got an offer to UE and start working she moved from Russia
and start working she moved from Russia
and start working she moved from Russia to work here as I said I was in jeopardy
to work here as I said I was in jeopardy
to work here as I said I was in jeopardy yepper people there in jeopardy so
yepper people there in jeopardy so
yepper people there in jeopardy so friendly they were so kind they loved to
friendly they were so kind they loved to
friendly they were so kind they loved to enjoy every moment of their life but
enjoy every moment of their life but
enjoy every moment of their life but they were however very very competitive
they were however very very competitive
they were however very very competitive and being an impressionable young girl I
and being an impressionable young girl I
and being an impressionable young girl I had trouble into buying the whole doctor
had trouble into buying the whole doctor
had trouble into buying the whole doctor what is engineering dilemma
what is engineering dilemma
what is engineering dilemma I chose doctor by the way even in school
I chose doctor by the way even in school
I chose doctor by the way even in school I was seen as a foreigner people used to
I was seen as a foreigner people used to
I was seen as a foreigner people used to call me who that Russian girl oh that
call me who that Russian girl oh that
call me who that Russian girl oh that Russian bomb and having my mother at
Russian bomb and having my mother at
Russian bomb and having my mother at that time having my mother at the time
that time having my mother at the time
that time having my mother at the time would have helped me realize would have
would have helped me realize would have
would have helped me realize would have helped me figure out myself
helped me figure out myself
helped me figure out myself but day started to pass and by the time
but day started to pass and by the time
but day started to pass and by the time I turned 12 years old I hadn’t seen my
I turned 12 years old I hadn’t seen my
I turned 12 years old I hadn’t seen my mom for six years our only contact was
mom for six years our only contact was
mom for six years our only contact was through phone calls and sometimes she
through phone calls and sometimes she
through phone calls and sometimes she didn’t have enough to call me and the
didn’t have enough to call me and the
didn’t have enough to call me and the awful part was that I hated her I hated
awful part was that I hated her I hated
awful part was that I hated her I hated her from all my heart her up her absence
her from all my heart her up her absence
her from all my heart her up her absence made me believe that she doesn’t want me
made me believe that she doesn’t want me
made me believe that she doesn’t want me living with my dad give me his
living with my dad give me his
living with my dad give me his perspectives and I actually never knew
perspectives and I actually never knew
perspectives and I actually never knew her side of the story whenever she
her side of the story whenever she
her side of the story whenever she called me on phone she would just cry
called me on phone she would just cry
called me on phone she would just cry and say mama I love you I’ll take you
and say mama I love you I’ll take you
and say mama I love you I’ll take you back soon you did not deserve to be away
back soon you did not deserve to be away
back soon you did not deserve to be away from your mother I was I was I was never
from your mother I was I was I was never
from your mother I was I was I was never nice to her
nice to her
nice to her despite the fact despite the time or
despite the fact despite the time or
despite the fact despite the time or distance despite the fact that I was
distance despite the fact that I was
distance despite the fact that I was never nice to her it didn’t change
never nice to her it didn’t change
never nice to her it didn’t change anything what she felt for me
anything what she felt for me
anything what she felt for me but by 15 I began to feel for my mother
but by 15 I began to feel for my mother
but by 15 I began to feel for my mother I started realizing her reasons for
I started realizing her reasons for
I started realizing her reasons for doing what she did she tried a lot
doing what she did she tried a lot
doing what she did she tried a lot all those years to take me back but my
all those years to take me back but my
all those years to take me back but my dad became so strict and he became so
dad became so strict and he became so
dad became so strict and he became so overprotective and made sure I do not
overprotective and made sure I do not
overprotective and made sure I do not talk to her even though people say that
talk to her even though people say that
talk to her even though people say that people say that it’s what he did was
people say that it’s what he did was
people say that it’s what he did was wrong but I would never blame him for
wrong but I would never blame him for
wrong but I would never blame him for that he knew I was growing up he knew I
that he knew I was growing up he knew I
that he knew I was growing up he knew I will make her he knew I will make a
will make her he knew I will make a
will make her he knew I will make a choice between him and her and he wanted
choice between him and her and he wanted
choice between him and her and he wanted my choice to be him how can I blame him
my choice to be him how can I blame him
my choice to be him how can I blame him for that how can I blame him for that
for that how can I blame him for that
for that how can I blame him for that when my mom by the time I then I turned
when my mom by the time I then I turned
when my mom by the time I then I turned 16 years old I became adult
16 years old I became adult
16 years old I became adult according to Russian laws and that time
according to Russian laws and that time
according to Russian laws and that time I decided to meet my mom because when I
I decided to meet my mom because when I
I decided to meet my mom because when I was 15 years old
was 15 years old
was 15 years old she sent me requests on Facebook and I
she sent me requests on Facebook and I
she sent me requests on Facebook and I rejected twice
rejected twice
rejected twice I even blocked her but she made a new
I even blocked her but she made a new
I even blocked her but she made a new account immediately and every day
account immediately and every day
account immediately and every day without fail messaged me and in that one
without fail messaged me and in that one
without fail messaged me and in that one year she convinced me to meet her by 16
year she convinced me to meet her by 16
year she convinced me to meet her by 16 I became adult
I became adult
I became adult according to Russian laws and I decided
according to Russian laws and I decided
according to Russian laws and I decided to meet her when I said this to my dad
to meet her when I said this to my dad
to meet her when I said this to my dad he was greatly upset but he couldn’t do
he was greatly upset but he couldn’t do
he was greatly upset but he couldn’t do anything this time because I am an adult
anything this time because I am an adult
anything this time because I am an adult and I’m free to do so my mom came to
and I’m free to do so my mom came to
and I’m free to do so my mom came to India and when I saw her first time
India and when I saw her first time
India and when I saw her first time after nine years of separation
after nine years of separation
after nine years of separation she was just restlessly pacing around
she was just restlessly pacing around
she was just restlessly pacing around the entrance of the hotel waiting for me
the entrance of the hotel waiting for me
the entrance of the hotel waiting for me the moment I saw her all those years of
the moment I saw her all those years of
the moment I saw her all those years of anger just vanished the moment I got off
anger just vanished the moment I got off
anger just vanished the moment I got off the car I started crying
the car I started crying
the car I started crying and I ran and I hugged her all those
and I ran and I hugged her all those
and I ran and I hugged her all those years she was just she was just a
years she was just she was just a
years she was just she was just a stranger for me who I hated
stranger for me who I hated
stranger for me who I hated but there was a connection at that time
but there was a connection at that time
but there was a connection at that time which I cannot explain and this is
which I cannot explain and this is
which I cannot explain and this is always the connection we cannot explain
always the connection we cannot explain
always the connection we cannot explain I lived with her seven days in that
I lived with her seven days in that
I lived with her seven days in that hotel and those seven days those seven
hotel and those seven days those seven
hotel and those seven days those seven days were the best of my life and when
days were the best of my life and when
days were the best of my life and when she was leaving back to UAE this time I
she was leaving back to UAE this time I
she was leaving back to UAE this time I held her hand I begged her mama take me
held her hand I begged her mama take me
held her hand I begged her mama take me back with you and she and she said to me
back with you and she and she said to me
back with you and she and she said to me baby you have been waiting for me for
baby you have been waiting for me for
baby you have been waiting for me for nine years now wait for me for a few
nine years now wait for me for a few
nine years now wait for me for a few months more it was really it was really
months more it was really it was really
months more it was really it was really hard for her to take me back but she did
hard for her to take me back but she did
hard for her to take me back but she did it she did it she she could have chosen
it she did it she she could have chosen
it she did it she she could have chosen to walk away from me I was living in a
to walk away from me I was living in a
to walk away from me I was living in a different country
different country
different country I even disliked her but she never
I even disliked her but she never
I even disliked her but she never stopped fighting for me she never
stopped fighting for me she never
stopped fighting for me she never stopped fighting for me today she’s here
stopped fighting for me today she’s here
stopped fighting for me today she’s here with me and I’m not trying to say that
with me and I’m not trying to say that
with me and I’m not trying to say that my dad and I do not love each other I
my dad and I do not love each other I
my dad and I do not love each other I love him a lot and I’m so grateful that
love him a lot and I’m so grateful that
love him a lot and I’m so grateful that he cares for me but a mother is a person
he cares for me but a mother is a person
he cares for me but a mother is a person who can take place of all the others but
who can take place of all the others but
who can take place of all the others but whose place no one else can take and
whose place no one else can take and
whose place no one else can take and being away from her made me realize how
being away from her made me realize how
being away from her made me realize how much she means to me and I wouldn’t have
much she means to me and I wouldn’t have
much she means to me and I wouldn’t have learned I wouldn’t have learned that
learned I wouldn’t have learned that
learned I wouldn’t have learned that gratitude otherwise so today I urge you
gratitude otherwise so today I urge you
gratitude otherwise so today I urge you to all of you sitting here to never take
to all of you sitting here to never take
to all of you sitting here to never take your mother’s deep love and concern for
your mother’s deep love and concern for
your mother’s deep love and concern for granted thank you
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