We shall overcome

Over the years, perceptions towards the disability have varied significantly from one community to another. Many people with disability have contributed to the society. These include actors, scientists, world leaders and many other famous people, who lived with physical impairments.

There are also millions of people worldwide, who may not be famous, but still live with battle and try to overcome their limitations. Hellen Keller, a person with multiple disability (blind, deaf and mute), whose name written with the golden words in the history said, “Optimism is the faith leads to achievements. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”.

Prodigious story of life of not only Hellen Keller, but many other disabled celebrities inspired normal persons of the society. Therefore the theme of our current issue of the magazine LAKSHYA is” Life is worth living even with disability.”

I had invited many prominent writers of different categories to through some light of successful handicapped personalities. I had also invited certain disabled people of different fields, who have accepted the challenge in life and have come out with flying colors. I am extremely happy to state that they contributed their profile with encouraging words. I express my humble gratitude to all those who have supported me to focus on this vital subject.

After going through the success stories of these disabled, now known as Differently Able, I share with you a few lines of a poem written by Shree Harivanshray Bachhan

लहरोंसे डरकर नौका पार नहीं होती

कोशीश करानेवालोंकी कभी, हार नहीं होती

असफलता चुनौती है स्वीकार करो

क्या कमी रह गयी देखो और सुधार करो

जब तक सफल न हो, नींद चेनको त्यागो तुम,

संघर्षोंका मैदान छोड़कर, मत भागो तुम

कुछ किये बीना ही, जय जयकार नहीं होती

कोशीश करानेर्वालोंकी कभी, हार नहीं होती

I happily conclude my article with courageous and optimistic words of the famous song “We shall overcome”

We shall overcome, we shall overcome

We shall overcome, some day

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe

We shall overcome someday.

Nitin Mehta