really, yasmeena is an inspiration to all of us senthil.r
On 12/22/11, Shadab Husain <shadab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Visually impaired Yasmeena singly supports her family > By: SANA ALTAF > > SRINAGAR, Dec 12: Yasmeena’s eyes have not seen the world since years > yet she can knit colourful woolens. She has no education but supports > her family comfortably. There is no one to care of her or look after > her, but Yasmeena has given many a smile to her family. > Despite being visually impaired for more than 25 years, Yasmeena > solely supports her old mother. Resident of Anantnag district, > Yasmeena has traveled all across Kashmir and also outside Kashmir. > “I never wanted to make my blindness my hurdle. I have overcome it and > don’t feel that I am not normal,” says Yasmeena, 38 year old. > Yasmeena was not born with blindness but developed some visual > disorders from childhood. > “I had 50 percent visual disorder and could not see properly. I went > through lot of treatment for it, but it didn’t help. My condition > worsened after my eye surgery failed,” said Yasmeena. > Yasmeena gradually lost her eyesight completely and was forced to > abandon her studies. > “I was not able to purse my studies beyond 8th standard.” All day > Yasmeena would sit home, idle. > “It frustrated me. I felt I am being a burden on my mother,” said Yasmeena > Yasmeena has not seen her father who passed away when she was 45 days > old. Yasmeena’s mother singly brought up her five children. > “We were all toddlers when my father passed away. My mother worked > hard to support us and get all my siblings married.” > But soon, Yasmeena’s two brothers also left the family, leaving > Yasmeena and her mother alone. > “Mother would do household work and I would sit all day,” Yasmeena adds. > Yasmeena took to knitting after her cousin gave the suggestion. > “My cousin asked me to start knitting only to pass time. So I tried > and started knitting small things for my nephew and niece,” says > Yasmeena. > For four years, Yasmeena continued her knitting for passing time. > “But one day I went to buy wool. There I came to know that hand > knitted woolens were also being sold. I asked the shopkeepers if he > would take my hand knit woolens, to which he agreed,” says Yasmeena. > To show her worth, Yasmeena would knit day and night to complete > woolens sweaters for infants. > “The shopkeeper was happy to see my work, though it had errors. He > started giving me orders, even though for one year I made mistakes in > designs.” > Yasmeena gradually gained consistency and overcome all her knitting > errors to perfection. > Today Yasmeena can knit woolens for adults and children of all colours > and designs. > “I am not dependant on anyone now. I earn more than Rs 2000 per month > which is enough to support my mother and me,” Yasmeena says. > She also sends gifts and hand made woolens to her nephews and niece > “They all love me a lot. I keep sending those gifts. It makes me > happy,” says Yasmeena, who i > > http://www.kashmirtimes.com/news.aspx?ndid=23527 > > > -- > Develop your personality and English at > http://PersonalityAndEnglish.blogspot.com/ > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
