City 15-yr-old wows United Nations

Anjali Mody isn''t your regular 15-year-old. Hailing from a family of lawyers, she''s got great oratory talent. Her grandfather is Attorney General Soli Sorabjee and his daughter, Zia, is her mother.
And both are mighty proud of her latest accomplishment — Anjali has just returned after giving a speech at the United Nations in May on ''Girls'' Education in India''. The UN meet addressed issues affecting the girl child.
Anjali, who went there as a representative of the Baha''i community, says, "It was amazing to meet girls from all over the world. I had a chance to adapt the Baha''i perspective on education. The religion states that if you have a boy and a girl, the girl should be given priority in as, some day, she will influence her children."
Impressed by other representatives, from 25 countries, Anjali says, "There were girls from Israel and Palestine, who got along so well. There was a girl from Uganda who recounted her horror of rape. When you hear stories like these, you feel grateful for being in India."
Mody has now volunteered for NGO Akanksha, involved in poor children''s education. "Some students go all the way to Std X. That''s creditable," says Anjali.
Like any 15-year-old, Anjali loves to dance and wants to be a designer. And she hasn''t forgotten the friends she made in New York — she makes it a point to keep in touch via e-mail.