The forgotten hero of millions: Kalpana Chawla

While most girls played with dolls, she used to draw pictures of airplanes. She had a strong desire to travel beyond the blue yonder, to fly into the heavens and touch the sky…someday. Her story will surely inspire you to dream more. This is a story of a bold, fearless woman, the epitome of courage and power, which deserves to be written in gold.

Her parents must have had great foresight, for she was named ‘Kalpana’, which means ‘imagination.’ She would gaze at the stars and have made up her mind to unravel the questions of time and space.

All through her entire academic career, she was brilliant. The path she took was in no way conventional or easy, but her remarkable courage and ambition got her there and in the process inspired an entire generation to do the same.

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