Madhu Priya's parents sacrificed a lot to ensure she got a good education, but thought she might be embarrassed of their humble job. So she let the world know just how proud she was of them. ️️
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00:00I always thought my mother is not spending time for us.
00:02She is always sitting in the shop and not taking the time off coming to school.
00:06She said, you know, I don't look very high-fi.
00:09That's why I used to just ensure that nobody knows you're a vegetable vendor's daughter.
00:31Somewhere it has inspired someone that I didn't know.
00:34And now I'm just happily accepting that someone is able to, you know,
00:39see a little bit of themselves in me. I'm happy.
00:49Parents, both of them are school dropouts,
00:51and they wanted to ensure that my sister and I get the best education.
01:00My parents found it difficult to submit IT proof, you know,
01:03they had to show the school that they can pay the fee.
01:06There is a lot of other certificates and, you know, documents that they wanted.
01:11And my parents being dropouts, they actually didn't have a lot.
01:30When my sister was born, we didn't even have electricity at home.
01:33Only after she was born, we had electricity.
01:36So electricity itself was new to my family.
01:39And then there were my friends who were coming to school in car, you know.
01:43So you could imagine the huge class difference over here.
01:50One of my friend's father, when he realized about me, about my family and all that,
01:55he asked her not to, you know, have contact with me.
02:01But I always thought my mother is not spending time for us.
02:03This happened even with my father as well.
02:05Both of them, they always ensure they don't come to school.
02:07Later, I understood that she did not want to come to school because,
02:10you know, she didn't want other parents to see me standing with my mother.
02:15She said, you know, I don't look very hi-fi, I don't dress up very, you know, posh.
02:21That's why I used to come late.
02:22That's why I used to just ensure that nobody knows me.
02:25I used to just make sure that nobody knows me.
02:27That's why I used to just ensure that nobody knows you're a vegetable vendor's daughter.
02:31And my father wearing a dhoti, he never wore a pant.
02:34I've never seen him in a pant.
02:35And you could imagine what a dhoti, you know, a person in a dhoti comes to school
02:40and how he would attract all the attention.
02:53I didn't have the time to go and tell my parents,
02:55tell my friends that I'm proud, you know, a daughter of my parents.
03:02When I completed school, I just told myself,
03:05I have to prove everybody who I am,
03:07not where I come from or what tag I carry.
03:11I think teachers should pull people like us, you know.
03:13They should pull them, push them in the front,
03:15give them that opportunity to become a leader.
03:17Only then I can know even if I'm a good leader or not.
03:20From my childhood, I was always around people.
03:22I was in the vegetable shop with my parents, you know, during the weekends.
03:26So it kind of gave me an exposure to deal with people from a very young age.
03:36I am working in an AC room.
03:37That's a big thing for my family.
03:39So I'm really happy.
03:40Thankfully, I had my parents.
03:42They supported me for the education.
03:44Now I'm looking forward, you know, to my future.
03:49I'm looking forward to pay it back.
03:55A lot of people are coming and asking my mother for selfies and all that.
03:59So she's just on cloud nine.