AASP SUCCESS STORY - DIKSHA AHUJA

In a small town I just existed, with no hopes and dreams. It was a normal life that I was living. I was always in a struggle to know my skills better. Access made this possible for me. Access brought a tremendous change in my perspectives, my living actually it changed my whole life. I was able to speak in front of big crowd. I remember when I got selected for ASI 2010, amongst 50 students I was t he only Hindu to participate; I had some fears because I never had faced the people. I was afraid how people will react and talk to me. But I wasn’t discriminated. I was welcomed and people were actually keen to talk to me and know our traditions. I delivered speech on the closing ceremony it was the first time in my life I was standing in front of more than 100 people. In the same year I was selected for the KL-YES program it was also because of Access. This cultural exchange program groomed me a lot. It gave me the purpose of living and dreams in my life. It introduced me to the word vo...