00:27Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
00:29As-salamu alaykum Dubai.
01:01And I think that compassionate, the term you used, it exists in everyone.
01:07Every single human being I have ever met has it.
01:11Some realize it faster.
01:13Others take a little longer to come to it.
01:18Nothing in my life, ladies and gentlemen, has been an act of charity.
01:23I say this with my hand on my heart.
01:25I don't believe in it.
01:27I only know that there is a responsibility that you're born with when you're born a human being.
01:32And that has to do with connecting on a level with another human being.
01:36Be that a girl child, a boy child, a human being.
01:41And I am very privileged that I got a platform in my life so early on to have such an
01:47abundant life, mashallah,
01:49that I have looked back at it and said,
01:52Jitna karun kam hai, the more I do is less.
01:59Congratulations, ladies.
02:00The ones that have won tonight, the ones that have won in their lives the courage to stand and be
02:07who they truly are
02:08and to make a difference in the process to other lives as well.
02:11To share this platform with you truly makes me taller than I am tonight.
02:15And it is fantastic.
02:16And I am tall tonight.
02:18You've got to agree.
02:21Finally, thank you, God.
02:23Thank you, my ma and my baba.
02:25My ma who's here with high fever and didn't want to miss this moment.
02:28My wonderful friends.
02:30My beautiful daughters.
02:32I really wanted to add my husband, but I guess I'll have to wait for that one.
02:37But truly, it is powerful to be a woman.
02:40It's even greater to be a human being.
02:42Thank you very much for this.
02:43I am indeed in your debt.
02:48Thank you, Sushmita.
02:49Thank you, Vidya.
02:50And you have been brilliant.
02:52I mean, it's like, Vidya, anywhere you go, you put on the radio, you put on the TV, you open
02:56your newspaper, that's all you see.
02:58And welcome you here.
02:59And one thing before I go, I would also please like to thank our Council General.
03:06For being here, Mr. Varma.
03:07Welcome you and Mrs. Varma Sangeeta Ji.
03:10And before I get off the stage, I have never done this and I forget every year, year on year,
03:16my beautiful daughters, Anushka and Akansha.
03:18Wherever we are, the girls always make it a point to leave everything and come for our events.
03:24Thank you so much, beta.
03:26Love you.
