The Oscar-award winner Guneet Monga recently shared a couple of throwback pictures with her parents while she visited the Golden Temple. In another childhood pictures of her she can be seen enjoying a swing with her parents by her side.
She accompanied the post with a long caption expressing, “A story about the best man I know, Damanjeet Singh Monga – my dad ♥️‘I remember I was never that good in studies. It was in mom-dad’s “emotional pyaar (love)” that I took Maths in Class XI and XII and the teacher got so frustrated with me that he refused to allow me to take the pre- boards.”
“Dad came to school and met Mr. A.P. Mishra, our teacher. After that, Mishra Sir came to class and suddenly said, “Guneet Monga, stand up”. I did, and he then said, “I like your father”. I went home, quite puzzled at this reaction, and asked my folks, kya hua? What happened? So dad said, “The math teacher complained that you are not grasping or coping and I told him, MY daughter is very bright, you have to work harder to get her attention. It’s a remark on you as a teacher. Don’t say my daughter is not bright”. And that year, I got seventy per cent in maths :),” she further added.
She concluded the note stating, “My father was such an amazing person, zinda dil, jisse kehta hain. (A lively person) No matter how tough the times were, he always found a way to live in the moment, to give it his all, to give me the experiences of a lifetime…this one instance, he sold his gold to send me on a school trip to the US. He would go out of his way to give me the best education, the best opportunity. He played a huge role in my life. His unwavering support, confidence, and belief in me were my foundation.’
Thank you, @jasnuts11 and The Global Sikh Trail for giving me the opportunity to share my story. All this success, the Oscar, all my wins – aren’t mine alone. It’s my story, but it’s also my mother’s, my father’s. After all, I am who I am because they showed me the way!”
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