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Dr. Malik: I was 29, an awful tragedy struck me when I was diagnosed with spine tumour. I underwent a surgery, but misfortune raised its ugly head again. The doctors declared that I would be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of my life, as I was paralysed waist down. I had two choices - squander my life in remorse or transform it to a world of limitless possibilities.
I love sports and had been a swimmer too, so I decided to switch to para-athletics. This is how my Paralympics journey began. My breakthrough moment came in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, when I secured the silver medal in the shot-put event. In hindsight, I feel it was a moment of personal victory and a step forward in changing perceptions.
Summary in Bullet Points
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At 29, Dr. Malik was diagnosed with a
spine tumour
. Surgery left her
paralysed waist down
and bound to a wheelchair.
29 saal mein — abhi toh zindagi shuru hoti hai yaar — doctors ne bataya spine mein tumour hai. Surgery hui, aur uske baad waist ke neeche ka hissa permanently paralysed ho gaya. Wheelchair pe aa gayin woh.
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She faced two choices:
squander life in remorse
(waste life in regret) or
transform it into a world of limitless possibilities.
Do raaste the saamne: ek — pachtaao, roto, zindagi barbaad karo (remorse mein dub jao). Doosra — uth, kuch kar, zindagi ko naya roop do (transform karo). Dr. Malik ne doosra choose kiya — aur bhai, yahi sahi bhi tha.
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Her love of sports (she had been a swimmer) led her to switch to
para-athletics.
Pehle woh swimmer thi — swimming mein shauq tha. Disability ke baad ussi passion ne unhe para-athletics ki taraf khecha. Swimming se shot-put — yeh transition bhi kya solid hai na?
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Her breakthrough:
silver medal in shot-put at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games
- a moment of personal victory and a step in changing perceptions.
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games mein shot-put (gola phenk) event mein silver medal — yeh tha breakthrough moment. Matlab duniya ke sabse bade para-sports event mein podium pe aayin. Kya scene tha yaar!
This section contains Extract 1 ("I had two choices…"). 5 questions are based on it. See Critical Reflection — Extract 1
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Dr. Malik ke saamne tha: ya toh rote raho pachtaate hue (remorse), ya uthho aur kuch karo (transform). Unhone kuch kiya — para-athletics pakdi. Yahi sahi raasta tha.
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Rio 2016 ka silver medal personal victory tha — prove kiya ki woh compete kar sakti hain. Aur society ke liye bhi — log dekhne lage ki disability se performance limited nahi hoti.
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Surgery ke baad doctors ne bola — permanently paralysed rahogi, wheelchair se kaam chalao. Fate ne dobara maar diya — pehle tumour, phir permanent paralysis. Yahi 'misfortune raised its ugly head' ka seedha matlab hai.
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Why: Dr. Malik says, "I had two choices - squander my life in remorse or transform it to a world of limitless possibilities," and she chose the second.
Do options the: remorse mein zindagi barbaad karna, ya usse transform karke naye possibilities banana. Malik ne transform choose kiya.
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Why: The extract states her "breakthrough moment came in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games," where she "secured the silver medal in the shot-put event."
Extract mein clearly bola hai: Rio 2016 mein shot-put event mein silver medal jeeta tha.
