Revenge for Miss India over cruelty of father - The Asian Place - Desi Forum

mani · 04-05-2009, 04:22

WHEN Pooja Chopra was 20 days old, her mother Neera was forced to make a choice - kill her child or forfeit her marriage.
Neera decided to keep her daughter, defying the wishes of a bullying husband who wanted the baby destroyed. She knew she would be thrown out of the family home.
Twenty-three years later, Pooja’s survival is being celebrated throughout India. Now a vivacious young woman, last month she won a beauty contest to become Miss India World. She has also become a symbol for the campaign against a tradition that values boys above girls; it is said this has led to an imbalance in the ratio of Indian men to women and to social problems.
“When my mum walked out on my dad, she said to him, ‘One day this girl will make me proud’. All my life I’ve wanted my mum to be proud of the decision that she chose me,” Pooja said last week.
Neera has been thrust into the limelight by her daughter’s success. She has been dubbed Mother India and has already been approached by one Bollywood director who wants to film her story.

Guji-Ji · 04-05-2009, 09:57

Go her! Good for her.

Actually got a friend whose parents have never fully accepted her purely because she's a girl.

Ranj · 04-05-2009, 12:36

What a strong mother and woman to defy all the odds in such a horrible situation.

$ing$tar · 04-05-2009, 14:33

WOW that would make a bril film!
congrats to the girl she deserves it!

True Story · 04-05-2009, 16:57

^ i agree, her and her mothers story could make for an inspiration film

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