Fellow Indians meet Pune based Sahil Shaikh a 17 year old double amputee who is a living embodiment of the never say die nature of the human spirit and a source of inspiration to 130 crore plus Indians.......
Sahil appeared for his SSC exams a little earlier this year and surprised everybody including himself by clearing the same with a rather modest 55%; but his real triumph lay in the fact that he had written or then answered every question posed to him by holding up a pen with the thumbs of his two feet as he had lost both his hands in a tragic accident a little over four years ago........
It was on this fateful day (July 5) exactly four years ago to the day when Sahil who was preparing or then rehearsing for his role as one of Shivaji Mahraj's "mawlas" or trusted aides when the iron rod being brandished by him came in contact with a high tension wire and both his hands had to be amputated from a little above his elbows as he had suffered more than 60% burns on them as a result of the contact with the high tension wire...........
His parents had forsaken all hope and even began treating Sahil as an invalid and a burden that had to be borne; but Sahil who was made of much sterner stuff refused to give up hope; put mind over matter; steeled and trained himself to write with the aid of his thumbs (thumbs of his very own two feet) cleared his SSC exams in his first attempt and thereby made every naysayer who had marked him down as a failure and burden on his parents eat their words and utterances.........
Despite many a Shivaji Maharaj Mitra mandal coming forward to felicitate him on his sterling achievement :Sahil remains modest and his eternally smiling self; "anybody and everybody is inherently capable of achieving what I have achieved he says, all you need to do is to keep believing in yourself, hold your head high and most importantly never ever let the legions of doubters and naysayers cower or subdue your indomitable spirit"...........
"Keep believing in yourself, remain resolute and steel yourself against the barbs and utterances of pity and you will surely end up reaching the stars and moon as I did", the indomitable achiever and living embodiment of the triumph of the human will signs off..........
Ladies, gentlemen and fellow Indians, I give you 17 year old Sahil Shaikh; a proud yet simply unassuming Indian who is a living example for every able bodied Indian who keeps doling out countless reasons for their abject failures instead of girding their loins and reaching for the sun........
Sahil appeared for his SSC exams a little earlier this year and surprised everybody including himself by clearing the same with a rather modest 55%; but his real triumph lay in the fact that he had written or then answered every question posed to him by holding up a pen with the thumbs of his two feet as he had lost both his hands in a tragic accident a little over four years ago........
It was on this fateful day (July 5) exactly four years ago to the day when Sahil who was preparing or then rehearsing for his role as one of Shivaji Mahraj's "mawlas" or trusted aides when the iron rod being brandished by him came in contact with a high tension wire and both his hands had to be amputated from a little above his elbows as he had suffered more than 60% burns on them as a result of the contact with the high tension wire...........
His parents had forsaken all hope and even began treating Sahil as an invalid and a burden that had to be borne; but Sahil who was made of much sterner stuff refused to give up hope; put mind over matter; steeled and trained himself to write with the aid of his thumbs (thumbs of his very own two feet) cleared his SSC exams in his first attempt and thereby made every naysayer who had marked him down as a failure and burden on his parents eat their words and utterances.........
Despite many a Shivaji Maharaj Mitra mandal coming forward to felicitate him on his sterling achievement :Sahil remains modest and his eternally smiling self; "anybody and everybody is inherently capable of achieving what I have achieved he says, all you need to do is to keep believing in yourself, hold your head high and most importantly never ever let the legions of doubters and naysayers cower or subdue your indomitable spirit"...........
"Keep believing in yourself, remain resolute and steel yourself against the barbs and utterances of pity and you will surely end up reaching the stars and moon as I did", the indomitable achiever and living embodiment of the triumph of the human will signs off..........
Ladies, gentlemen and fellow Indians, I give you 17 year old Sahil Shaikh; a proud yet simply unassuming Indian who is a living example for every able bodied Indian who keeps doling out countless reasons for their abject failures instead of girding their loins and reaching for the sun........
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