If you are looking for motivation in life, there is no dearth of incredible life changing stories around. But some stories are just beyond the incredible, difficult to fathom, bordering on the incomprehensible, but still amazingly true. I stumbled upon one such true story, where a frail, old, unsung woman defied the odds to emergeContinue reading “Grandma Moses”
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Meena : The Portly Star
National Badminton Champion for 7 years in a row ( 1959-65); three doubles and three mixed doubles titles; winner of an international mixed doubles event with Nandu Natekar in Thailand; represented the country at the All England Championships and Über Cup; recepient of the Arjuna Award and Padma Shri. This is the story of anContinue reading “Meena : The Portly Star”
Sir Lewis : Dark, Young and Knighted
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is neither a rags to riches story nor it is something out of a Fairytale book. It is a story of a doting Father’s vision for his son and his out of the ordinary hardwork and sacrifice to turn this vision of his into reality. Early Days Born toContinue reading “Sir Lewis : Dark, Young and Knighted”
The Deaf can(t) hear
24th August 1965, Morton Grove Illinois, USA. Libby and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer, were blessed with a baby girl , their third child . The hardworking parents began raising the girl with love and care , but when the girl was eighteen months old she fell ill . The illness was so severe thatContinue reading “The Deaf can(t) hear”