She might step into Oprah Winfrey's boots, you never know. India-born Gurmeet Sodhi is among the few South Asians vying to host a new programme produced by the American chat show legend and says she has overcome racial bias and other odds to reach where she is.

Sodhi, who is originally from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh and now has her own talk show in the US, is taking part in a contest that could make her the host of Oprah Winfrey Network's (OWN) "Your OWN Show".