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I grew up in India where its so dangerous to walk on the roads and take public transport as  this kind of abuse happens all the time . When I grew up and started working , I was taking the public transport to office and back and I got touched in the bus and on the road even though I wore the Indian dress( kurta pajama). Someone in the bus had fondled my chest and it was so heartbreaking for me .The first time it happened to me , I came home and hugged my mother and cried . My older sister told me that the best defense in buses was to carry a safety pin and then poke the person who tried doing anything to you.It worked. 

Now I am in America and I have 2 boys - 5 and 2 . I am listening to this show to learn , when is the appropriate time to talk to them.

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Listening to all these stories brings tears in my eyes although I have not lived or have any family members live it . My office colleage is from Cambodia , Kanitha Chan. She told me she lived in the forests for years . Her father and brother died there and also some of her members of the family got separated in Cambodia. My colleage has come to the US and is trying to help the family back home .

Just in December , she went to Cambodia and met some of her family members for the very first time . She felt  so happy to do that  

I love reading books about struggles of real people  so I came across a book called " Half the sky " by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl Wudunn. It talks about the oppression women face and then how these women have overcome and been helping themselves and their families or become businesswomen and helped the community. I had seen Lisa Shannon (author of "A thousand sisters") on Oprah when Oprah was covering the show on "Half the sky". I knew a little of what she was doing for Congo but when I heard her speak in Powell's, I was all geared up to do something about saving lives in Congo . Lisa talks about her experiences in Congo , gene-side and Darfur  that happened and is in some form is still happening .   I therefore have signed up to sponsor a Congo sister and will help her in her education. I feel so happy to be able to help someone in my lifetime and hope my children will see me and do the same when they grow up too. 

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I was doing my graduate at Portland State University and have done internship at Intel for 1 year which was a paid one . I learnt the Intel culture and how work is done there and attended meetings. It was a good learning . The work I did was to respond to emails from customers who were having problems in their installations or licences. I was not very happy doing that but as I learnt the Intel culture it was good. I am no longer doing that . I am working as a Software Quality Analyst working for Intel and I think , it was a good experience for me overall. Had I not gotten paid for it , I guess , I would feel taken advantage of but I am glad it was not this way. I feel sorry for people getting unpaid internship. 

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How do you teach perseverance in your play when someone wants to quit? Do children want to quit after a while?

Thanks,

Richa

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