They may not be able to see the daylight, the sparkling colours of a rainbow or the millions of stars twinkling in the sky, but their courage and grit has lightened their life and of everyone else around them.
They may not be able to see the daylight, the sparkling colours of a rainbow or the millions of stars twinkling in the sky, but their courage and grit has lightened their life and of everyone else around them. On the occasion of ‘Helen Keller Day’, observed recently,
DNA talked to some girls of the Blind People’s Association who have made it far in life, laughing in the face of misery and accomplishing every goal they had
set for a bright future.
Fighting their physical disabilities, these girls today stand at a point where they are lauded by the people, not out of sympathy but for the success they have achieved.
“I lost my eyesight at the age of two. My parents are illiterate and didn’t know of any school for children like me. Later, however, I was informed of a school that taught blind children. I joined that school, and today everybody is proud of me as I have completed seven years of certified course in classical singing,” said Geeta Varkan Parshottam, 21. She also plays a variety of musical instruments, including Casio and harmonium, with such ease and grace that it marvels spectators.
Sonal Patel, 21, who lost both her feet even before she turned a year old, is today one of the four international level tennis stars representing India. Her smile conceals the pain hidden in her eyes and the agony of an exceptionally tough life. She shifted from Ahmedabad to her village and then came back to the city after being humiliated by her dear ones. “My relatives were not ready to support my studies, because to take a blind girl to school and bring her back home every day was too much of a trouble for them. So, after studying in a school at my village, I came back to Ahmedabad where I was enrolled in a normal school.”
“However, I began to fee really isolated thinking I was the only disable kid in the school. But I gradually adjusted to the school. Then came a time when I stood first in my group. I realised that nothing, not even my disability could stop me from achieving what I want in life,” she added.
The challenges facing Shradha Mohit, 20, were no different. She took some time, but finally accepted her disability, “I was always a happy child, running around, enjoying life to the fullest. But one day I just woke up to realise I couldn’t see anything. My world fell apart and my parents were shaken. I eventually accepted this as a way of life because if I denied accepting the fact that I was blind, I would have probably ruined my entire life.” She further said, “Everyone should think this way and make the most of what life offers to them. Today, I am content with my life and have nothing to complain about.”
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