If people are asked who their role model is, they’ll probably name someone famous. However, if you close your eyes and think of the person who was always there for you, you will find your true role model.

For me my role model is none other than my father. Though we have our differences, I really admire my father. At times I get mad at him for not giving me what I want but then I realise that it is for my own good.

I have realised that I am and will not be anything without my father.

Your father is your true friend, philosopher and guide. Though at times you have your differences, yet you know from the bottom of your heart how much he means to you, and the same thing happened to me.

From today I will try to control my childish behaviour. I promise that I will really try to live up to his expectations.

I may have outgrown the bed in which I sleep, I may have stopped tying ponytails, I may have stopped playing with toys, but I will always be your little girl. This is a promise made by a daughter to a father and it will never go wrong.

— Sambhawana Bhandari, Class X, Brihaspati Vidyasadan