Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal Biography


 Through this period in my life I have learned about my strengths, vulnerabilities, shortcomings and fears. I now know that charm can be a deflection to keep you from seeing that which is shallow. In my doing just that, I was not only overlooking the obvious but also my good values and more importantly, my own wellbeing. It made me view my relationships, both personal and with the world at large, with a fresh pair of eyes.

It allowed me to see a darker side of people; where cowardliness, betrayal, perversion, cruelty, theft, overt racism and harassment are the living reality for so many — a manifestation of their internal negativity. I also saw the desperation of people to get to America — be it an ageing Indian father making repeated pleas to his son to take him out of his misery and sponsor him, a poor German woman putting up with a cheating spouse and a demeaning marriage for a meal ticket, a South Indian pretending to be on a film crew and going under only to work in terrible conditions or a Turkish woman willing to be sexually deviant and sleep with any willing person in the desperation that someone would sponsor her.

The unfortunate part is that these very individuals do not necessarily have the highest regard for American soil or its people. Rather they seek a better life through any means necessary — be it getting an illegal job, selling substandard materials to unsuspecting businesses or through marriages of convenience. The America I have experienced celebrates diversity and uniqueness, it truly can be a country of prosperity for those who are innovative and hardworking.

This journey also gave me the opportunity to meet and interact with people with whom I probably never would have crossed paths. Through it all there remained the power people have to extend positivity — of reaching out, of sharing and caring. Their words were a source of strength, they held my hand when I did not have one to hold, including from my family, they taught me a great deal and invested more faith in me than I could have imagined. I came to see how this dark period of my life, a result of my ex-husband's actions in concert with his family, though unbearable, was also liberating. And in all of this, I recognized that for me, the best gifts in life come in nontraditional packages when least expected — for me it was receiving the key to my life's freedom from my ex-husband.

In my life, winning is about showing up in life every day. And the direction I chose was to be an uphill trekker — proactively choosing to not protect other's abuse and shame, not succumbing to threats and rejection, embracing my personal power, abiding by the law, owning the word "no" and not having shame or self pity in my dictionary. I can also say that I now know first hand the truth in the adage: "what does not kill you only makes you stronger."

I hope that for those of you looking to find your own truth and courage, sharing my journey will give you just that, as the many women before me have unknowingly done for me.

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

Heera Rajagopal

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