One can’t help it. One feels good about an Indian (well, okay Indian-origin) girl growing up to do big things. Nikki – probably a pet name that her family lovingly used, a word that in Punjabi actually means ‘little one’ – has grown up to occupy one of the biggest, most powerful positions in the world. She is an ambassador of one of the most powerful, most heavily militarised nations in the world, deputed to the United Nations – the ultimate world body.

Audio: The Quint