Beauty with brain & a heart of gold
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Famous Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen was in San Francisco recently where she helped to make the Home of Hope (HoH) fundraiser a grand success.
Sushmita was the first Indian girl crowned as Miss Universe. She is famous for her bravery as she is always been active for getting rights for children especially girls. Often known as the most stylish and glamorous lady of India, Sushmita Sen made history by adopting a baby girl named Renée in 2000 as single woman. Recently she adopted a three-month-old girl and named her Alisah.
Sushmita has been very involved in helping underprivileged children. She was in San Francisco to promote and hold fundraiser for Home of Hope organization. Home of Hope (HoH) is committed to cause of underprivileged and destitute children. It partners with projects in India and the US that nurture orphaned children, so they may grow to be well balanced, self sustaining members of society.
Sushmita appealed for donations to HoH for its cause. HoH was started by Dr. Nilima Sabharwal in 1999 and is run completely with volunteer help and provides 100% of funds raised for the cause of children.
Over 145 donors attended the dinner and following Sushmita’s appeal, raised over $50,000 for the HoH projects. The tremendous donor support resulted in almost double the fundraising target.
Sushmita answered a few questions at the event:
Along with your beauty, you are also known for your unique accomplishments such as adopting children as single mom. What drives you?
Fear cannot coexist with courage. You can’t live with fear all your life. I can do different things because I am not afraid of trying. Nothing different is accepted the first time around. If you believe in something, go ahead and implement it. You will be eventually accepted. You need to live your life. You can’t live your whole life for others.
Besides winning Miss Universe title, what was the ‘Wow’ moment of your life?
Arrival of my daughters in my life was most joyous moment of my life. When I adopted my first daughter, I was most ecstatic.
What suggestion would you give to women who want to achieve something on their own?
You can accomplish anything you want to. It doesn’t matter how old you are. Age is just a number. I don’t feel a day older than 16. No age is too old to try things you believe in. Start with small steps and you will find that people will support a just cause. Soon enough you will find your way and success.
What motivates you to help charities?
We all live in a society that is connected. Interacting with people and desire to make our society a better place to live motivates me to help organizations with charitable causes.
Ritu Maheshwari
India Post News Service
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