pretty Zinta in recognition of your
outstanding contributions to the Arts
world and for your tireless work as a
humanitarian it gives me the greatest
pleasure to ask the vice Chancellor to
confer on you the honory doctor of Arts
good afternoon um Vice Chancellor
distinguished guests ladies and
gentlemen it's an honor and a pleasure
for me to be here today uh I must say
I've never been more embarrassed than
seeing an a of mine uh under
circumstances like these um I'm also
extremely humbled to be receiving um
this degree um with two really
distinguished uh
personalities I think whatever I wanted
to say you you said it all so uh I'm
going to keep it really brief when I was
a little girl my father always told me
that an Indian woman when she's young
she's dependent on her father when she's
married she's dependent on her husband
and when she's a child uh when she's old
she's dependent on her son and I don't
want you to be like that I want you to
have Independence I want you to be the
master of your destiny and I and the
only way you can do that is if you are
educated and you can stand on your own
own to to feat I was really lucky to
have parents like this who gave me
opportunities of uh a great uh education
who let me do what I wanted so today
when I'm uh standing on my own two feet
I decided that I was going to work
towards women's empowerment in India and
for that I really have to thank the
lumba foundation the United Nation for
for giving me an opportunity to give
back to society and make a difference
