very inspiring lady and ambitious too.
On 3/10/10, prateek aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > Blind, but with the vision of a yogi > Nikunj Soni / > DNATuesday, March 9, 2010 8:34 IST > > Though she is visually challenged, nobody can accuse Sudha Patel of > lacking vision. For, the feisty 34-year-old, and youngest elected > sarpanch of Changa village of Petlad talukar in Anand, has made it her > mission to ensure that people stay fit . > > > For this, she teaches yoga to scores of people in Kheda and Anand > district. Though she is visually impaired, she was nominated as the > head of the Kheda district by Baba Ramdev to teach yoga to people > there. She has been regularly holding yoga shibirs in the district. > Her shibirs are attended by more than 200 people. > > "I have been doing yoga since 2005 and looking at the effort, ease and > ability with which I doyoga, Baba Ramdev nominated me as the head of > Kheda district for the same," said Sudha Patel. > > Apart from this, she has won seven national and international awards > for her work in education and welfare activities.She also holds the > key posts various organisations that undertake welfare activities for > the differently-abled. > > Sudha and her younger sister were visually-impaired since birth but > that did not prevent her from realising her potential. She has a MA > B.Ed degree and teaches differently-abled students under the > government sponsored programme of inclusive education of disabled. > > "I teach yoga to the participants with help of my group members who > ensure that the participants perform yoga as per my instructions," she > said. Sudha said she has a target of teaching yoga to at least 1 lakh > peopleand plans to go from village to village to achieve the same. > > "I plan to visit 600 villages in Kheda and ensure that at least each > village has a yoga teacher by the end of this year," said Sudha who > lives in Vidyanagar with her foster parents and sister.Umesh Shah, who > is helping Sudha in the yoga shibir said Sudha is like any other > normal person. > > "Her efficiency in whatever she chooses to undertake surprises us," > said Shah. Sudha is married to a chef who is from Hyderabad."A woman > who regularly attended by yoga shibirs offered me a marriage proposal > on her son's behalf. I met Sandip > and two years ago we tied the knot," said Sudha. > > She has also helped get writers for physically-challenged SSC and HSC > candidates. "I helped nine physically-challenged examinees get a > writer," said Sudha. > > Ask her what she wishes on Women's Day she said, "Just ensure that the > physically-challenged are give proper education and equal opportunity. > Everything else will fall in place." > > regards, > Prateek agarwal. > Skype: > Prateek_agarwal32 > Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: > http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com > website: > http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com > > the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. > You tell, I’ll build. > > > > 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 > 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
