Barack and Michelle Obama are back from their vacation and have got down to work with The Obama Foundation.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, former US President Barack Obama shared an emotional letter that Sindhu, an Indian-American, had written to Michelle Obama.

In her letter to Michelle, Sindhu writes about an incident that happened when she was 17 years old. It was 1996 and Sindhu was in a chapel when she had the chance to listen to an inspiring talk by a woman whose name she did not know.

“But she will never forget the fire that was lit to make something of her life, and to use that life to serve others,” Sindhu writes referring to herself as the girl.