As we enter the new millennium we must remember the women who gave up everything to join the freedom struggle. They were the country’s drama of change.

I am very blessed that I was invited to this conference and want to thank Guruji for making this international conference possible we also have empowerment of women and various women ministers in Sultanate of Oman, and the future looks very bright.

Speaking about boosting the morale of rural women in India:,“I am sure, if all of us unite and make resolutions, we will be able to wipe the tears from our downtrodden and unfortunate sisters.

I am woman and no one can push me aside. This is something that I had to learn and I did. And the earlier you learn it and you give it to your small girls, that she is as important as your boy, I think this would make a difference to us.

We have outstanding women doing marvelous work in all religions. We must begin to see them, not just in the home, but in the public place.

I would like all women to know that we are the moving force behind everything but we must also give back. We should nor forget the people who are struggling, especially the women in rural villages.

We tend to think that the world owes us, and yes, I believe it does. However, how will the outside environment or another person value us if we do not value ourselves first? In other words, it really begins with us.

Sharing her experience of visiting the village for the first time: The first thing which hit me was the difference between what i had seen for the first two decades of my life and what was there for me to work for. It was then that I developed a purpose.

One thing we can do right here, right now: is that whenever we see something which in someway trivializes women, we will stand up for it in whatever little way we can.