Blind girl wins gold despite life threatening disease Vaibhav Ganjapure| TNN | Nov 20, 2016, 04.03 AM IST Nagpur: At first instance, Bhakti Ghatole looks like a girl next door, happily sitting with her mother, waiting for her turn to receive a gold medal at NU's convocation. But as her name was announced, she took her mother's help to reach the stage and accept the medal.
Bhakti lost her eyesight at the age of five after suffering from a deadly eye cancer. She has undergone as many as 25 chemotherapies for treating the disease. However, due to her strong determination, she not only survived but has topped throughout her career so far. On Saturday, Bhakti was on cloud nine. A student of LAD College, she was awarded the Nagorao Narayanrao Wazalwar gold medal for topping in political science in BA first year. "I want to excel in all fields and realize my dream of joining the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) to serve the society. But first I want to complete my graduation and post-graduation and become a psychologist. I want to thank my parents, without whom it wouldn't have been possible for me to climb the ladder of success," she told TOI. list of 2 items Sharpen the intellect of your childMagic Crate Rare disease put's Harshitha's life in dangerMilaap list end Recommended By Colombia Her parents — Ramesh Ghatole, a development officer with National Insurance Company, and mother Sushma, a homemaker — were also present at the function. The bubbly teenager had also topped in SSC exam among blind candidates in Vidarbha. She scored 87.07% in HSC exam to top Arts stream from Vidarbha last year. Bhakti didn't forget to give credit to Aditi Patwardhan, who has been associated with her since last four years and writing answers on her behalf. "It's not easy for a writer to understand what the blind person says and write accordingly. Without Aditi, it would have been difficult for Bhakti to excel," her mother says. According to her parents, Bhakti was a bit demotivated after suffering the trauma in childhood but she overcame it with support from all, including their relatives and her friends. She took help of a software for studies, they added. सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806369 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter. ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
