Armed with Fortitude
Physically-challenge d Abida, who has shown exceptional courage in the face of adversity, is desperately seeking state patronage Abida Rani lives in Janta Mazdoor Colony, a dingy slum near Welcome Colony. Like everyone else living there, she has to struggle for a livelihood. However, unlike others, Abida has to work doubly hard due to a physical handicap. She has lost both her hands in an accident but never lost the courage to overcome the stumbling block s that clogged her path. Though her hands are no more in working condition, she can write. She writes with her legs and has cleared the Class IX examination by sheer dint of hard work. She knows Hindi, English and Urdu and can also operate a computer with her feet! Known to the slum-dwellers as ‘Abi’ she is a well-known face in the neighbourhood. Her father is dead and she lives with her mother and four siblings. She is the sole bread-earner in this family of six. She...