Barack Obama has shared an "inspiring" letter by a 38-year-old Indian-American woman on International Women's Day, thanking his wife Michelle for making a difference in her life.
The former US President shared the letter in its entirety on Medium: "Read to the end" of the note, he writes, adding "you won't regret it."
The letter, which was sent to Obama on January, was written by Sindhu, who is a feminist and a mother. She had heard Michelle speak in 1996, Elle.com reported.
"One day in Fall 1996, an idealistic 17-year-old Indian girl was inspired while sitting in a chapel. She didn't remember the name of the woman who spoke. But she will never forget the fire that was lit to make something of her life, and to use that life to serve others," she wrote.
She wrote, that week, she signed up to be a volunteer at the hospital and signed up for an after-school programme teaching creative writing and literature for underserved children in the community.
Sindhu further thanks Michelle for teaching, by both words and example, that the best uses of power and influence are in the service of others and our community.
"I am now a middle-aged Indian woman who is married to an Indian feminist man and raising a feminist 3-year-old son (whose middle name is Atticus, and who thinks he is actually Thomas the train.) They are amazing” she adds.
The letter ends with the Indian-American woman telling the Obamas that "she's in" for changing the world for better.
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