Kids born in India often struggle to adapt to a land that isn't their own. The cultural disconnect, lack of a sense of belongingness, facing the taunts for being the exotic "other" are some of the reasons. To Sandip Verma, none of that mattered.

17 years after settling down in Leicester, she married Ashok Verma. While her grandfather had formerly headed the Indian Workers' Association, she benefitted from the pro-business policies of Margaret Thatcher's tenure.

Verma made a living with high fashion products and then, put the money she had earned into supplying residential care to people. Her allegiance lay with Conservatives and in 2001, she contested under the Tories but came third.

The next year, the title of a life peer was conferred upon her and Sandip Verma became Barron Verma of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire. At this point in time, successive failures had sent the Conservative Party into a fix and Tory Reform Group was formed, of which she became a patron.

Till before the 2010 Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition after no clear winner emerged, she was an asset to the Conservative Party. She served as the Opposition Whip and the Conservative Spokesperson in the House of Lords on Education and Skills and for Health.

Under Cameroon's government, Sandip was appointed the Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, International Development, and Equalities and Women's Issues. Soon, her post was bumped up to being the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Another loss in the Mayor Elections of Leicester in 2019 and the doors to success opened for her yet again. When the UK didn't require Sandip's services, the United Nations did.

She became the Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas and was bestowed the honour of chairing the UN Women's national committee; a sub-organisation of the UN that has been working worldwide to end the plight of women and gender minorities everywhere. Despite the numerous losses in her career, Barron Verma has always come back stronger. Everything happens for a reason is a saying that rings true in her case.