basically I am a Teleguite

and born and brought up in north

I have done my computer science graduation

in the University at Nagpur

Immediately as soon as I finished my degree

my parents they got me engaged for marriage

to get married

And soon, before 15 days of my marriage

I just lost my vision

all of a sudden on a fine evening

The moment when I lost my vision

I lost all my senses

I was paralyzed

Then the cause was diagnosed

that I had brain tumor

later I had undergone

12 to 13 hours of major operation

It was really a miracle for me

to survive that operation

But after the operation and all

when I regained my senses

I just had a feeling that I lost everything

nothing was left

because I had to restart my life

right from walking to eating

and I never knew what was the expression

in the other person's face

I would be talking to some person

and he would be just moving away from me

and I would not be knowing

that he is not by my side

I would be talking

Then he would turn back

and he would feel very bad

and he would say "Ok,sorry!

I will be coming back

I just moved out from your place"

And all my colleagues

They got employed by that time

in the US and in the UK

they were very good

then I felt very low

That everybody is going ahead of me

and I was just dropped out like a thing

And I was the only daughter in my family

and they protected me too much

My father used to have an eye on me

he used to keep a watch

my brother was always protective

my mother never used to leave my hands

wherever I used to go

right from walking till my bed

my mother used to be there with me

Basically my mom was optimistic female

she never thought that "my daughter has lost something"

from the day I got discharged

she just asked me

"you can slowly fold the clothes"

like whatever I washed

clothes and all

"You have to fold it and keep"

And if some button has come out

of my shirt or something

she used to put the thread into the needle

and she used to give it to me

"You know, right, how to stitch? Do that!"

She never made me feel

that I am something different now

That was one thing

And second thing

In Bangalore

there is an NGO which is called

Art of Living

Which is being head up by

Guruji Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I joined them actually

Then Guruji was one motivation

he kept on telling

"it's all fine, fine! It`s nothing as disability.

People have different ways to do the work

You people have different type

That's it! You don't have any problem.

You are quite good!"

And that gives me peace of mind

I used to do the meditations and all

Which I learned from him

I got his blessings

Till date I just spend one hour in the morning

for my meditation and spiritual caring

Then later on what happened

I just got through some clues

that Enable India is there

and all these technologies are there

and we also can work

we have lives

then it was really a great task

done by Enable India

because I called Shanti mam

telling that my family will not allow me

to be away from the family

then people were there from Enable India

for some conference in Loyola college, Chennai

so we went there

finally my family got convinced

and they left me as part and parcel of Shanti maam

I got through some interviews and all

And finally the place where I am working now

That was the organization

which gave me the first offer

and I just thought of

because all the other companies

where Enable India is placing

those places they are already aware

how the visually impaired work

so I just wanted to make entry

into a new company

so that I give awareness

let me take the responsibility

of getting two more visually impaired employed

I can't do great works

like what Shanti maam and they are doing

But I just thought

Let me put a drop into the sea

So I just got into this company

and now I am just working here as a recruiter

in the HR for past 6 months

All are equal in this earth

There is no partiality

no bias existing

treatment from the God's side

and it's only the way you have to look at the things

In a different way

If suppose I keep grumbling

I just sit inside the home

and I keep grumbling

that people don't pay attention to me

I can do! I have the potential!

It's only you have to help yourself

And once you have put the first step ahead

People are there to stretch hands towards you

and you can just hold their hands and move ahead

But initiation should be from your side!