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By Rachit Kulshreshtha, Mumbai, India
“I was diagnosed with cancer at the age of five, and at the age
of six, my doctors had to cut my left arm up to my collarbone.
Of course it was a struggle while growing up, other children
making fun of me, because they had two arms.
As I grew up, I began to accept my situation and would often
joke about my ‘missing hand’. I was also very determined as
a child. I was always a huge fan of football, so I would train
really hard to be a goal keeper and all that training paid off.
I was selected to play at the Inter-school level. The first match
of that tournament was an unforgettable one for me. When the
coach of the opposite team realized that I was the goalkeeper,
he declared that his team would win by ‘at least 6 goals!’
but I didn’t let that bother me. I was so focused on doing
my best that we ended up winning the game 4-2! That was
a day of validation for me— that if I really, try nothing is a
limitation. I understood "If I really try, I can do anything".
And that’s what my entire adult life has been about —
trying different things. I’ve worked at a call center, at a movie
rental place, as a waiter at a hotel, as a hotel manager.
I began to travel a lot as well and when I was in Goa, I began
to write poetry and sell my pieces for 6 months. As another
experiment, I worked as an AD for a film called Candy flip
and that's when I fell in love with the profession.
Ever since then, I’ve started my own company called ‘Secret
Locators’, a post film production house and I’m living the life
of my dreams!
In 2014, my cancer resurfaced in another form, but I beat it
for the second time.
Or like I usually say — ‘my invisible hand is always showing
the invisible finger to cancer!’ Jokes apart, these things happen
in life — it’s how you deal with it.
I prefer to take it with a pinch of salt and move on and I wish
people would do the same and stop being sympathetic towards
me.
— I’m not disabled, I’m differently-able!
People need to understand that being sympathetic makes it
worse —
I mean look at me! I play cricket, chess, table tennis and
I have climbed a mountain, 13,500 feet above sea level,
with a 75 Liter backpack…twice!
Does it really look like I need any sympathy?”
I need no sympathy.
I'm a winner. Yes. I will be a winner always.
By Rachit Kulshreshtha, Mumbai, India “I was diagnosed with cancer at the age of five, and at the age
of six, my doctors had to cut my left arm up to my collarbone.
Of course it was a struggle while growing up, other children
making fun of me, because they had two arms.
As I grew up, I began to accept my situation and would often
joke about my ‘missing hand’. I was also very determined as
a child. I was always a huge fan of football, so I would train
really hard to be a goal keeper and all that training paid off.
I was selected to play at the Inter-school level. The first match
of that tournament was an unforgettable one for me. When the
coach of the opposite team realized that I was the goalkeeper,
he declared that his team would win by ‘at least 6 goals!’
but I didn’t let that bother me. I was so focused on doing
my best that we ended up winning the game 4-2! That was
a day of validation for me— that if I really, try nothing is a
limitation. I understood "If I really try, I can do anything".
And that’s what my entire adult life has been about —
trying different things. I’ve worked at a call center, at a movie
rental place, as a waiter at a hotel, as a hotel manager.
I began to travel a lot as well and when I was in Goa, I began
to write poetry and sell my pieces for 6 months. As another
experiment, I worked as an AD for a film called Candy flip
and that's when I fell in love with the profession.
Ever since then, I’ve started my own company called ‘Secret
Locators’, a post film production house and I’m living the life
of my dreams!
In 2014, my cancer resurfaced in another form, but I beat it
for the second time.
Or like I usually say — ‘my invisible hand is always showing
the invisible finger to cancer!’ Jokes apart, these things happen
in life — it’s how you deal with it.
I prefer to take it with a pinch of salt and move on and I wish
people would do the same and stop being sympathetic towards
me.
— I’m not disabled, I’m differently-able!
People need to understand that being sympathetic makes it
worse —
I mean look at me! I play cricket, chess, table tennis and
I have climbed a mountain, 13,500 feet above sea level,
with a 75 Liter backpack…twice!
Does it really look like I need any sympathy?”
I need no sympathy.
I'm a winner. Yes. I will be a winner always.
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