Destiny- Shalini Akhil
The author presents an Indian girl who is starting to experience an obsession with a television series

The description Shalini is of her as a young child with a dream to be wonder-woman. Coming from India Shalini grew up like any other child watching Television shows and making up their own imagination. After watching her favorite super-hero (Wonder-woman) in action Shalini decided that it was her destiny to grow up and be like her.

However whenever Salini's grandmother was around she did not agree. Saying things like "your Indian you can't be wonder woman, she has different eyes and different colored skin". However to make continue with her journey in becoming a super hero Shalini's grandmother suggested that she should become an Indian Wonder Woman. This decision was a wise one as the Grandmother was trying to protect her grand daughter from trouble.

The Grand Mother had suggested this for two good reasons. The first one being that she didn't want her Grand Daughter to get bullied by others because of her Skin color, eyes and her dream to become Wonder Woman when she was nothing like the real thing. Then the second one being that the Grand Mother didn't want Shalini losing her Indian culture due to the fact that the real Wonder Woman wasn't Indian. These two reasons just show how hard it was for Indians to grow up in Australia.

So in the end Shalini's dream wasn't ruined but was slightly modified to fit her appearance and abilities that she showed in everyday life. The importance of this story is that even though we grow up in different cultures and have different appearances, we all still have the same dreams and the same "DESTINIES".