One important prerequisite to qualify as a writer
is to listen with empathy to the other’s view point. It is what
Daniel Goleman calls Emotional Intelligence or E.Q which is much more essential
than the traditional I.Q.
Once you are opened up on these lines, the world appears as a big stage to churn your stories. You must have
energy enough to record these experiences in a better prose order.
In fact the craft of writing is a
painstaking job. The writer needs tremendous mental energies, high
degree of solitude, passionate eyes to catch the episodes of societal
transactions. A part of your mind needs to grab information and other
part must analyze and carve out the insights. The best prose occurs
only when the writer's personal insights are added contextually to the subject.
It must be a daily ritual.
Nobody can't say how a story unfolds. Sometimes, a banner in a newspaper
may trigger you to write. Some other times, the courageous act of a
commoner and some other times, the efforts of a physically challenged person to
win over life's constant battles. These are really the unsung heroes who
need to be brought to limelight to draw inspiration.
The man climbing on the electric pole here is unusual in one sense.
Despite having only one limb, he is not lagging behind in competing for
the post of Junior Lineman Electric like normal person. Annom Reddy Lova
Reddy of Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh came out with flying colours
in the test, ahead of other competitors.
Few people will have guts like Reddy. He belonged to
Kandipudi village in Paikarao pet Mandal of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra
Pradesh. With his achievement, Lova Reddy became a overnight celebrity as
he was captioned in a prominent Telugu Daily on 3rd August, 2014. His
story should be an eye-opener for people with sloth and blame the world with their
mediocrity.
The world is replete with examples of such physically challenged persons who
have achieved more than what a normal man can do.
Sudha Chandran is an ordinary girl until her leg was removed by amputation when
she met with an accident. But that did not deter her from achieving her
goal of becoming Bharatanatyam dancer.
The rest is history. People now know her as an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer, film and
television actor. Her film career started with a fiery note in 1984
(after accident and replacing with Jaipur leg) with Telugu film
"Mayuri'' which was later
re-made in Hindi.
Those with disability, whether at birth or at later on , should
not feel sorry but draw inspiration from those who already achieved
despite so many odds. Take the case of celebrated physicist Stephen
Hawking who is strewn with Motor Neuron disease but his mental abilities remain
intact. Another tall personality is
celebrated American writer Helen Keller who blossomed into creative writing,
despite blind and deaf. The famous English Author John Milton who become
blind at the age of 43 went on to create his most famous epic, Paradise Lost.
The very perception of disability has changed over the years. Now,
nowhere it is written ''disabled or handicapped'. It is replaced
with ''Differently Abled'' which is an apt and empowering to the
affected person and remind of his/her other strengths to achieve more.
Respecting human potential is divine law and when we see such differently abled
people who hit headlines, it conveys a message : Achieve something worthy in life !
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