Looking at the severe floods affecting Kerala this year, Anita Pradeep reminisces how she and the family, along with her 25 year old son, Sachu, got marooned in the floods last year and how they managed to keep Sachu calm and brave in the face of…
Priti Shetty, 33 from Mumbai was diagnosed with type III Spinal Muscular Atrophy at age 2 and is a strong proponent of using whatever skills and intellect you have to learn all about your condition and achieve your dreams.
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We all have some bad habits. Many of these affect our health – both physically and mentally. This Independence Day, we posed a question to our contributors - Are there any unhealthy habits that you would like to break free from? And received a range…
Rima Roy is a young woman of 22 and suffers from a rare condition of Giant Cell Tumors in the Sacram. She shares the emotional toll the diagnosis took on her and how she has come to terms with this rare condition.
Describe yourself, Rima
I am a…
Dr Shanthipriya, 45 is a YOPD warrior and consultant ophthalmologist. Devastated when diagnosed with early Parkinson’s, she talks about how she picked up the pieces, moved forward and started the SAAR Foundation to reach out to other people with…
Atul Garg*, 31 has been battling Type I Diabetes for last 8 years and has understood how important it is to lead a disciplined life to be able to keep the diabetes in check.
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I am an insulin dependent…
Anita Sharma from Jaipur, who has a 70% disability due to Polio, did a PhD from IIM Indore in Disability and Entrepreneurship. Driven by her own passion to drive modified cars and to enable persons with disabilities to be independent, she started a…
Anal Shah's son was 15 years old, when he developed a sudden fever and after a struggle of 20 days, died of multi-organ failure on 27th June 2017. She still struggles with her grief and wrote this heart wrenching note 20 months after his death.
To…
Dipanwita Mukherjee was a small girl when her father Bibhuti Bhusan Chakraverty was diagnosed with throat cancer. This is his story, how he overcame his condition and also how he reached out to many others to alleviate their pain. A recent Bengali…
