My Story

My Story: ‘Accept Your Disability The Way It Is’
Varsha Kewalramani (35) has been living with a rare skin disorder with which very few people survive beyond 30 years of age. Learning to love her condition the way it is, she has now been spreading the message to a lot more like her around the world.

My Story: ‘People Call Me A Cancer Survivor, But I’m Just A Mom Who Battled With Life For Her Baby’
Deepika Patil Gopnarayan married Sugat Gopnarayan in 2015 after five years of relationship, which started during her college days. In 2020, she was diagnosed with cancer in the phase of pregnancy and survived the disease with all her positivity.

My Story: ‘ I Would Draw Portraits While Working In Sabzi Mandis Which Eventually Came To People’s Notice’
I have been through thick and thin and dwelt in the slum locality till 2019, when I completed college. To avoid such circumstances in the lives of the children living in poverty, I took the initiative to create Maqaam Foundation.

My Story: ‘I Want To Be An Independent Artist And Create An Identity In The Field Of Music’
Being visually impaired, some challenges come up, for instance having my studio meant learning to work with the software needed to make cover songs and operate a laptop.

Meet Sundeep, A Visually Impaired Spotify Host & A Stand-Up Comedian
My eyesight was affected when I was in class 3. I still remember that day I was scared to even address this problem. And as anticipated, I had to deal with several problems while growing up

My Story: ‘By Qualification I’m A Chartered Accountant, By Profession An Artist’
Born and brought up in Indore, Shweta Ektare is a qualified CA who decided to become an artist over solving figures and numbers. She chose to become an artist to live a satisfying life as it gives her space to express emotions, feelings, and other instincts.

My Story: ‘I Have Only Seen Losses In My Life & Beating Challenges Have Been My Journey’
Shatakshi Dwivedi, who comes from Lucknow, has always seen losses since childhood as her grandfather, grandmother, and father passed away in a very short period. Defeating challenges, she came out stronger and achieved her goals.

My Story: ‘Everyone Expected Me To Become Doctor, But I Came Out As An Entrepreneur Based In Bihar’
Akriti Verma comes from a small town in Bihar where her society expected her to become a doctor without asking her choice. Akriti chose to go on an uncertain path of Entrepreneurship, which was difficult in the male-dominated market.

My Story: ‘Born And Raised In A Small-Town With No Women Role-Models To Look Up To, I Persevered And Became One’
Shipra Jain, a software engineer in Bangalore made her way up to the STEM field and the multinational company Amazon despite having hailed from a small town in Rajasthan which lacked even a proper English-medium school during her times.

My Story: ‘Being Born In Middle-Class Family, Dream To Study In Foreign Was Scary But I Never Lost Hope’
Sindhumathi Ramalingam comes from a small town near Chennai, where she was born and raised. Since childhood, she dreamed of pursuing higher education in a foreign country, but her financial situation made it challenging.

My Story: ‘Can Auto Driver Dream To Become Artist? I Did So & Now Have My Own Band’
Sameer Khan, from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, had a dream to become a performing artist. He is an auto-driver by profession, but his passion for singing took him miles ahead. Recently, he started his band ‘The New Day.’

My Story: ‘I Survived Through Many Health Issues, But Never Lost Hope Being Single-Woman’
Heera Nawaz, a 61-year-old single woman, living in Bengaluru, fought a long battle with health problems. She almost lost her life due to several diseases that dominated her health. She now wishes to inspire many through her journey of survival.
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