Her dream was to go to college in the United States. After a major surgery that left her uncertain about her future, she decided to live her dream and left her homeland. Seven years later, Kaushalya Jagasia has not only fulfilled her dream, she has surpassed it. Speaking to a journalism class in March, Jagasia said after she left India, she lived in New York and Chicago because she had friends there.
People here are very loving, giving.
The poor in India have no options. But even those above the poverty level in India have fewer options, as she explained it. If you don't get a good education, you don't get ahead. Although she started in a science curriculum, Jagasia did not follow that pattern, however, because she married after her first year of college and did not continue as a full-time student. She did eventually earn a B.A. and an M.A. in English and Sindhi both from Gujarat University.