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write an essay about malini bhandari

Answer 1

Malini was born in Calcutta, India in 1966. She suffered from a loss of oxygen during birth causing cerebral palsy.[1] Her parents moved to England after her birth to get better care for her. After her brother Nikhil was born, the family moved back to India. Since no school would take her as a student, her mother started a school called The Centre For Special Education. Malini would later return to England to attend Thomas Delarue School, a boarding school for pupils with cerebral palsy. She returned to India to attend St. Xavier's College in Mumbai where she earned a BA. She went back to England to get a master's degree in Gender Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London.[3] Filmmaker Shonali Bose is her first cousin.

In 2011, the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment awarded Malini the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the category Role Model.[5]

Answer 2

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             Malini Bhandari - Girl Who Conquered Physical Disability

     

      Human spirit and endeavour can conquer any physical disability and achieve greater heights provided if the individual has determination to succees and also get appropriate motivation, encouragement, support and guidance. This has been proved by a number of persons across the world where physically disabled persons have not only overcome their handicaps but achieved such goals which even able-bodied persons would find difficult.

       This is the story of Malini Bhandari of Kaudur village (Kanajar) in Karkala Taluka, who conquered her physical disability, pursued education, became a graduate and is presently employed in a co-operative bank. It was chiefly because of the determination and perseverance one person. William D'Sa (Popularly known as Willie Master) that Malini achieved the success which she or her family could never dream of realizing Malini's extraordinary abilities, Willie Master motivated her to continue education up to graduation and became her mentor and guide whom Malini holds in high esteem and affection.

        It was a freak accident that cost Malini both her hands when she was just eighteen months old chubby playful little girl. As she was playing with her twin sister Shalini near the fireplace where paddy was being, Malini lost her balance and collapsed in the fire. This unfortunate incident coupled with the negligence of the doctor who treated her initially resulted in the loss of both palms and fingers shattering the life of this young girl.

       The parents of Malini, Dharmapala and pushpawati Bhandari with six children, four girls and two boys and three elderly people to look after were finding it hard to maintain such a large family. In spite of grinding poverty, Malini's parents enrolled her in the Lourdes' Higher Primary School, Kanajar. Having lost all fingers, the biggest challenge for Malini was the ability to write on a slate and later pencil and pen in between both the stems of her forearms. With the guidance of her teachers, Malini could perfect the art of writing and produce such graceful and beautiful handwriting that could put even normal students to shame.

       With the passing years, Malini could understand that she was different from the other students in the class due to her physical disability and gradually began to develop an inferiority complex. The feeling that she could not do things as other normal children plunged her into depression. Thus, physical disability coupled with an inferiority complex and lack of motivation from the poverty-stricken family prompted Malini to give up education after the fourth standard.

       Malini would have remained uneducated and lived a life of misery at the mercy of the family members and the society, but for a kind-hearted teacher, Willie Master of Moodubelle who had been transferred from Belle to the Lourdes' Higher Primary School, Kanajar in 1990. He had been observing Malini while she was in the fourth standard and was very much touched y her disability. He was concerned about her well-being and further studies. Incidentally, Willie Master himself has been afflicted by polio in one of his legs and had a tough time during his student days and even later. He could Empathize with Malini and understand her plight better than any other person.

           As Willie Master was teaching fifth standard and above classes, he was looking forward to teach Malini during the next academic year. But to his surprise and disappointment, Malini did not join the school for the fifth standard. Not seeing Malini in school, Willie Master Sent messages to her father to meet him thinking that he could convince him to send his daughter to school. Dharmapala gave various excuses for not sending his daughter to the school even telling him that she was not good at studies and a handicapped child would have no future in education.

            Though disappointed with the excuses of Dharmapala, Willie Master did not give up his efforts to bring Malini back to school. Persuading Dharmapala to send Malini to school, Willie Master promised that he would take special care to teach her and would bear all her expenses related to education and clothing. Being convinced of the genuine concern of Willie Master about his daughter's future, Dharmapala agreed to send Malini once again to school and Willie Master became her guardian, motivator and mentor.