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प्रश्न
Life is unjust and cruel to certain people. Do they all resign themselves to their fate? Can you think of some who have fought their disabilities heroically and remained a stellar example for others? (for e.g. the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, a paraplegic). Give an account of one such person and his/her struggle to live a fruitful life.
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उत्तर
Alexis Leon lives in Kakkanad, Kerala. He passed B.Tech from the University of Kerala with the first rank. Then he did his M.Tech. He met with an accident in 1993 which left him paralyzed from the chest down and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. After a brief spell of dejection owing to a suspended marriage, he made up his mind to write books. He has written 50 books for Engineering graduates.
His notable work is ‘Internet for Everyone’ and ‘A Guide to Software Configuration Management. He is also a mentor at International Mentoring Network Association. He offers software consultancy to international IT companies. He travels across the world and delivers lectures to graduates and Corporates. His indomitable will has made him strong. He has become a lighthouse for many aspirants in the software industry.
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Para 18
My first feelings were of relief–
relief that there were no more steps to
cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
of success. I looked at Tenzing. In spite of
the balaclava helmet, goggles, and oxygen
mask – all encrusted with long icicles–that
concealed his face, there was no disguising
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threw his arm around my shoulders and
we thumped each other on the back until
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a.m. The ridge had taken us two and a
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To the east was our giant
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