Devishri's Winning Speech-Gaveliers Global Champion of Public Speaking 2022

contestant number seven gabriel devashri the topic is vision and vision i repeat contestant number seven gabriel devashri the topic is vision and vision the stage is yours imagine if you have to make a choice between being blind and being deaf what will be your choice distinguished those masters and charming avails a cool good evening to one and all most of us will choose being death do you know why because we can continue to smile when others call us nuts however being blind is not our choice because we cannot cheat on our exams jokes apart being blind is a devastating experience however what is worse than being blind is having vision without a vision of life one day as my uncle was talking with my dad sipping a steaming cup of tea he asked me penishti what's your vision in life my response was because i was clueless about my passion purpose of vision during the last summer holidays my father took me to a small factory near my hometown in india to show me the production process there because he is a proud production engineer but a secret without his eyeglasses he cannot tell a dog from a wolf on our way to the factory i saw a blind woman with her newborn baby begging at a traffic signal to feel their hunger in that hot summer it was because they did not have a stable income although she knew that hot weather might be fatal for her new born baby i let it slide thinking it was their fate but upon entering the premises i heard [Music] from what i saw shattered my heart i saw a hungry baby crying for full within seconds a blind woman at work the mother of the crying baby was leading to feed the baby soon the baby stopped crying and smiled at his blind hardware on moving around the factory with my father i was shocked and emotionally moved to see blind women from economically marginalized families packing powdered spices among them were sad single mothers widows and fragile old women making a living working eight hours a day i was astonished by how the employer's mission made an impact on the lives of those vulnerable women he helped them restore their hope and faith in humanity he had a vision to rewrite the stories of those less fortunate mothers i broke my usual silence and asked my father father these people with no vision have chosen to work my father replied look devish physical vision helps you see things around you but an empathetic mission with a well-defined vision helps you reach out to others to build an inclusive society my father's words of wisdom and the employer's mission and vision inspired me to unlearn and re-learn the realities around me our vision should not be so narrow that we will only become doctors teachers engineers or scientists friends next time when someone asks you what you want to be be brave enough to say i want to be someone with a broad vision to make life around me a level playing field you can start to develop your vision of inclusiveness right now in your student days now i have a vision driven ambition during my leisure times i visit and support an institution in my neighborhood specially organized for children suffering from dyslexia and teach them reading and writing their ability to read and write has improved tremendously fellow gatherers you can help similar students in their learning problems in your own classes to achieve this level playing field when i grow up i want to become a successful business woman to give hope to the visually impaired people friends today is the day to define our broad visions today is the day to kick start our journey towards our visions today is the day to reaffirm our commitments towards our visions our visions may not match others expectations they should be meant to make life around us level friends as future leaders of the world we should never ever blindfold ourselves let's look around for sources of inspiration let every inspiring story broaden our visions let's leave behind a legacy for generations to come shall we over to you [Applause] you