Malala's story is an inspiring one; I respect her and wished that she win the Nobel last year. However while
reading her article I stumbled upon a piece that mentioned her father. The man
who said “We wouldn't leave our country if my daughter survives or not. We have
an ideology that advocates peace. The Taliban cannot stop all independent
voices through the force of bullets." I am sure Malala didn't not find courage
by herself. She found it because of her father an equally principled man,
gave her courage and supported her endeavor. A man who on hearing gunshots said
“Don't be scared – this is firing for peace".
So this one I write not for Malala but for her dad, who I
believe was her inspiration. A man who was equally at a risk as his daughter
and has been by her side through it all.
This one is for all the fathers in the world who have stood
by their daughters through thick and thin and forever remain an inspiration not
through their words but through their deeds.
My father is a man of few words, but just observing him, has
helped me in so many ways. He has never bunked work, never faked an illness, has
always been honest and has always been on time and has always maintained that
time is money and has to be respected. I don’t think I ever caught him lie. My
father till date remains my idol and my hero. Today because of him I am always
on time, I can’t lie easily and can’t bring myself to bunk work. Thank you dad.
We hardly give credit to our dads, because we have no idea how
we are influenced by them daily and how much they do for us in their own little
ways. Every day we come across inspiring stories of fathers inspiring their
daughters, stories like Autorickshaw driver's daughter tops CA examination
which get highlighted, some which don’t. The fact remains that our dads are and
will remain our true heroes.
