12 brilliant and inspiring father-daughter stories of famous people illustrated in beautiful doodles

Debasmita Dasgupta, a Singapore based Indian artist, saw Afghanistan's Shibana Basij's TED talk who grew up in the country during Taliban's regime but her father fought for her education and made sure she studied. This inspired Dasgupta to pick up her sketch book and pen, and start father-daughter illustrations which has garnered massive following on social media. Now, she illustrates heart-warming and inspiring father-daughter stories from around the world. Some, of the popular faces and some submitted to her. Check out 12 such stories of the known figures like Dipa Karmakar, Frida Kahlo and more. Frida Kahlo was a celebrated Mexican painter and it was her father who inspired her into art because he himself was an amateur painter.

Sunita Williams, an inspiring astronaut, was told by her father to stay grounded.

Shannon Lee was only 4 when her father, the one and only, Bruce Lee, passed away. Shannon continues to live with his memories. She is an actress and president of the Bruce Lee Foundation.

Anum Qambrani is a 17-year-old from Pakistan who's passionate about boxing. Guess what? Her father is her coach.

Anuradha Koirala, a social activist in Nepal, has been fighting against woman trafficking. Her father used to tell her, “my dowry to you is your education.”

Mrinalini Sarabhai, the famous dancer, who passed away earlier this year was always encouraged by her social worker father Subbarama Swaminadhan to take her dance lessons.

The very famous Dipa Karmakar who made a name for herself in Rio Olympics owes it to her father who was her strength throughout.

Hamanpreet Kaur, cricketer, was announced the Woman-of-the-match against a match in Australia in January 2016. It was her father who insisted her to continue.

Hellen Keller. The braveheart and a human acrivist was the first blind-deaf women to have a bachelor’s degree in arts and it was her father who helped defy all odds and move on.

Mamta Kharab is the 'golden girl' of Indian women's hockey. She owes her success to her parents, especially her father, who always encouraged her to play.

Monica Singh was 19 years old when she survived an acid attack but at the time, her father was her biggest support. She is now a fashion design student at the prestigious Parsons School of Fashion in New York.

Tashi and Nungshi Malik were the first siblings to climb the Mt. Everest and they're daughters of Indian Army officer, Col Virendra Singh Malik.