Santosh Yadav: Extracts Flashcards
“The feeling is indescribable the Indian flag was flying on top of the world”
How does she describe her feelings at the summit?
Santosh said the feeling was indescribable as it took some time for the enormity of the moment to sink in. She felt happy to see the Indian flag flying on the top of the world and she felt proud to be an Indian
“From the very beginning I was quite determined that if I chose a correct and rational path, the others around me had to change, not me”
State two incidents that took place in Santosh’s life to prove the above statement.
Santosh lived life on her own terms from the start, where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, she wore shorts. At sixteen most of the girls in her village used to get married and Santosh too was under the pressure of marriage from her parents. She threatened her parents that she would never marry if she did not get proper education
