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Indira Kaur Ahluwalia was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer with and bone metastasis in April 2007. Summing up her journey, she says, "I tried, and I am grateful for every experience".

Host Smita Tharoor asks guests from around the world to share their story and to reflect on their life experiences with unconscious bias.

A Sikh woman who migrated to the United States from India in 1984, Indira shares her unique perspective on social and economic development initiatives around the world. In this episode, she discusses her views on the role that identity should play in program design for international development and the challenges and opportunities she has encountered along her career journey.