Recently, I happened to be in the National Capital for State Level Youth Convention which was well organized by Rama Krishna Mission on the eve of Swami Vivekananda's 150th Birth Anniversary. The convention was held in Rama Krishna Math in New Delhi.
Before going to the convention, I did a good homework to know at least some of the speakers at the convention in which Arunima Sinha was also one of the speakers.
When I was having breakfast on the first day, there was a girl sitting beside me with her brother. I started the conversation as I often can't resist myself from talking to a stranger beside me.
Me : Hai, where are you from?
She : Uttar Pradesh, and you?
Me : I'm form Andhra Pradesh
bla bla bla...
What made me laugh is that we were enthused to know each other's names only at the end of the conversation and I was taken to awe that she was Arunima Sinha. I didn't recognize her for the obvious reason of not seeing her anywhere before.
Here comes her entire story, which helps us inspire our self and boosts up our self confidence.
Arunima Sinha was a National Volley Ball player. When she was traveling in a train to attend an interview at CISF in April 2011, a few rowdies boarded the same compartment of the train in which she was traveling. She was thrown out of the moving train by them for resisting them snatching her gold chain.
A train from the opposite direction ran over one of her legs. 49 trains had passed over her leg until someone noticed her. She was rushed to the hospital with serious leg and pelvic injuries and the struggle for life has begun. However, she managed to survive with a leg amputated.
The sad part of the story was according to the police, she was either attempting suicide or met with an accident while crossing the railway track. She claimed in the court that the police were telling lies. Such is the system we have !!
On the survival bed in AIIMS, She announced her goal of climbing Mt. Everest. Though government of India had provided her job assurance, Though many ridiculed her, she was just silent and was determined to show her vengeance in her actions. That was the time she had gone through Swami Vivekanada's complete works which inspired her to the core.
Her brother had quit the job and encouraged her to reach her goal. she had made this idea of climbing Mt. Everest as her only mission in her life and lived totally to fulfill it. She excelled in the basic mountaineering course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, with a plastic leg.
After undergoing many hardships, she fulfilled her dream of conquering Mt. Everest on May 31st 2013 and she is world's first woman amputee to conquer Mt. Everest. She proudly hoisted our National Flag and placed a photo of Swami Vivekananda on the summit of Mt. Everest. Now she was inspiring thousands of youth, going through out the country.
I was shocked when such a lady who was so successful in her life, sat beside me during her breakfast. There was no sign of gloat on her face and was so down to earth that she was present in every session and listened carefully to all the speakers in the convention. When I asked for a photograph with her, she immediately accepted my request and the result is here. I find an ultimate bliss on her charming face which increased my confidence many folds.
It was an eye and ear feast to listen to her when she was addressing a huge gathering of youth. I felt blessed listening to her and I owe a lot to Rama Krishna Mission for organizing such a magnificent event. My eyes were moist when listening to her and I am running out of words when describing how I felt. She need all of us to learn from our faults and criticisms.
She is the live example depicting that human power is endless.
Link to Arunima Sinha's speech at the convention - click here . Listen to this to know about her in her own words. I am sure that this will reach to your hearts.
After her speech none got the opportunity to have a photograph with her. I felt blessed to be with her. 
