To know more about what your ability to believe in yourself can do, just imagine

a young girl who learned dancing when she was three-years old and whose greatest

passion remains dancing. She loses one of her legs in an accident. Read on this true

incident that took place almost 20 years ago and find out whether she gives up dancing

or fights back to realize what she believes in:

Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, was cut off in the prime of her

career --quite literally -- when her right leg had to be amputated after a car accident.

Though the incident brought her bright career to a halt, she didn't give up.

 

In the painful months that followed, she met a doctor who developed an

 

artificial limb made from vulcanized rubber filled with sponge. She helped her to

 

use this new artificial leg. So intense was her desire that she decided to go back to

 

dancing after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she

 

believed in herself and could fulfill her dream, She began her courageous journey

 

back to the world of dancing - learning to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn,

 

twist, twirl and finally dance.

 

After every public recital, she would ask her Dad about her performance.

 

"You still have a long way to go" was the answer she used to get in return.

 

In January 1984, Sudha made a historic comeback by giving a public recital

 

in Bombay. She performed in such a marvelous manner that it moved everyone to

 

tears while catapulting her to the number one position again. That evening when

 

she asked the usual question her dad, he didn't say anything. He just touched her

 

feet as a tribute to a great artiste.

 

Sudha's comeback was such heart-warming that a film producer was

 

inspired to capture the incident into a celluloid box office hit `Mayuri.' When

 

someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again, she said quite

 

simply, : "YOU DON'T NEED FEET TO DANCE."