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Wheelchair-bound woman in SMHS transforms adversity into artistic mastery

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Encountering the harsh realities of hunger and loneliness while living in a hospital, a wheelchair-bound woman has been transforming her adversity into artistic mastery.

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Saima Noor, 38, who tragically got separated from her parents in Bangalore during her childhood, has become an inspiration for other specially-abled people by showing them a way how to live an independent life.

Talking to the news agency KNO, Saima said she got separated from her parents when she was eight years old and has never got connected with them again.

“Then I was brought to the valley by a Kashmiri family from Bangalore. They took care of me like their own child and I spent around 19 years with them. Later, I got very ill due to rheumatoid arthritis and continued living with them for a few more years,” she said.

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They even took care of my treatment; bore the expenses of my operation which, however, didn’t show any positive result. “I became so weak that I wasn’t able to hold anything in my hand. I had to undergo hip replacement surgery as well. Then, I decided to part from them as I didn’t want to put further burden on them,” Noor said.

Saima said that in Srinagar, she admitted herself in SMHS for treatment and was there for some time. “However, I suffered panic attacks due to the continuous noise in the hospital. Then, after the intervention of a woman working in the Social Welfare Department, the then DC Srinagar ordered the hospital authorities to provide me a room,” she said.

She is now living a wheelchair-bound life in SMHS where she has been encountering the harsh realities of hunger and loneliness, and transforming the adversity into artistic mastery.

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I started painting at Ward 6 of the hospital to divert attention from noise, loneliness, hunger and other issues and have made hundreds of paintings so far. I even sold a few to manage my expenses, she said, adding, “Sometimes, some friends also help”.

“I haven’t even eaten anything for weeks together as nothing was available but still I think I am alive only because of Kashmiri people,” Saima said. “Had I been living anywhere else, I would have been in the grave.”

Saima, however, refuses to succumb to despair and dependency; instead, she embarked on a creative journey using her artistic talents.

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“One shouldn’t succumb to despair but try to work whatever he/she can so as to remain independent,” she said, adding that she has been given a space in Kashmir Haat Srinagar to sell her art pieces.

My message to the other specially-abled persons will be that your disability isn’t the end of life, rather you need to be courageous to fight all odds and overcome challenges, Saima said. “If your one organ isn’t functioning, your brain is working and that is enough to work on your dreams to make them come true.”

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Driver killed, several injured in Qazigund road accident

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In a tragic accident, a speeding truck collided with a passenger ECO in South Kashmir’s Qazigund on Friday morning resulting in the death of the driver and injuries to several passengers.

Also Read: ARTO Bandipora seizes overloaded bus

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Official sources told that the incident occurred in front of the Walnut factory on Friday morning.

They said in the mishap seven persons were injured and were immediately taken to a nearby hospital, but Maroof Ahmad Bhat, the driver of the ECO, was declared dead upon arrival.

The injured passengers were identified as GH Qadir Bhat, Mohd Niyaz Bhat, Mumtaz Ahmad Bhat, Mubeena Begum, Mehvish Akhter, and Absha Banoo, all residents of Doda.

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Meanwhile an official told Kashmir Scroll that a case has been registered under FIR No.206/23 U/S 279, 337 IPC at PS Qazigund. KS

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ARTO Bandipora seizes overloaded bus

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The Assistant Regional Transport Officer Bandipora Thursday seized a bus involved in overloading of passengers at Bandipora.

Also Read: Teenage boy injured in thread-cutter attack in central Kashmir

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The ARTO informed that strict action will be taken against those who are found involved in the overloading of passengers in the buses across the district. He said that overloading poses a serious threat to the lives of people.

He further informed that the Motor Vehicle Department Bandipora has constituted teams for checking overloading of passengers throughout the district.

Meanwhile, the ARTO appealed to the general public of Bandipora, especially student folk, to avoid travelling via Overloaded buses. He also appealed to the general public of Bandipora to inform any instance of overloading directly to his office through WhatsApp number 9596051716.

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He further said that in case of non availability of transport in any area across the district, the same number can be contacted to inform the office of ARTO Bandipora.

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Teenage boy injured in thread-cutter attack in central Kashmir

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A teenage boy sustained injuries in a thread-cutter attack by an unidentified person in Qamaria Park in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday.

Also Read: Youth killed in hit-and-run case in Srinagar outskirts

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Quoting an official told the news agency—KNO reported that a scuffle broke out between two persons in which one unidentified youth attacked the teenager with a thread-cutter, resulting in injuries to the other person.

He added that police party of police station Ganderbal reached the spot and the weapon of offence was recovered.

He said that a case has been registered in this regard and further investigation is going on.

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