Never say Never

70%in SSC Examination.....and what do you think will it make a big headline?Are you kidding 70 % a headline never....But this is exactly what happened because the student who scored the marks walks on one foot.Incredible achievement,i say because she fought against all odds to stand .She is shirin shaikh second daughter of Shamsher Sheikh and Shakeela, who live in a small rented room at crowded Islampura locality. While father works in a welding shop, mother assists a gynaecologist. Elder sister Guddi is pursuing diploma in education (DEd) while younger brother Fardeen is in Class VIII.
It was really heartening to read that both of her parents were aware of her deformaties before she was born.Inform dactors suggessted an abortion but both of them refused.May be they wanted all of us to know how strong people can become with their will power.Shirin was born was born with two feeble twigs for hands hanging from the shoulders and without fingers and only one leg. But one thing she had more than others was spirit and her parents never made her feel hopeless.

In fact such is her spirit that inspite of being offered a writer in the examination ,she preferred to write herself using the toes of her only leg . Her story of bravery is an example of courage for all people who think that they have lost all hope in life.Not only she has to battle her severed eformaties but also extreme condition of poverty.Her story should be a model example for everyone to tell that

If destiny does not give you many choices than you have to come up with your own script.

Unfortunately I could not find her photograph in Times Of India.
Her story reminds me of few lines of a hindi poem:

Lehron se Darkar nauka par nahin hoti,
koshish karne walon ki haar nahin hoti