Broad vision of a sightless man

"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision."

Helen Keller

It is not true that one who born with any disability is worthless. To do something we need patience, courage and positive approach towards life. One who has self confidence and a right thinking can make his own place despite his physical challenges.

Srikant bolla has proved himself. He is CEO of a 50 crores worth company Bollant Industries Pvt Ltd. This company provides job opportunities to differently able persons. This is appreciable as Srikant himself was born sightless. 

The villagers advised his parents to end the boy's life as it will end their miseries. But his parents accepted him as God's gift. His early education began in village school where he used to sit on back bench. Teachers didn't pay attention to him. Still he patiently walked 5 km distance on his foot for two years. Finding no improvements in him his father decided to admit him in a school for children with special needs at Hyderabad. The love compassion and care given there had a positive effect on him. He was acquainted with the game of cricket and chess. He learned the things  very fast and performed well in his class. He also got a chance to participate in Lead India project of former President late Sri APJ Abdul Kalam Azad.

Despite all these achievements he was not allowed to study science for his 12th board examination on the ground that he was blind. Instead of giving up and to study Arts he fought for his right. After six months struggle he received a letter saying he could opt science on his own risk. He took the challenge and scored 98% marks in 12th board examination. But when he applied for IIT BITS Pillani and other engineering entrance examinations he was again denied on the same ground. This he decided to search colleges outside India. He applied for colleges in US and was selected for MIT {Massachusetts Institute of Technology} on scholarship. 

After completing his course he had to choose whether to accept opportunities offered to him in US or to come back and work for differently able persons who were not getting fair chance. He decided for second option and returned to india.  He created a service platform to help these people in getting education, training and equality. But soon he realized that it was difficult for them to get a job. So he decided to do something in this regard. In this way the Bollant industries Pvt Ltd came into existence. It produces Eco friendly products and packaging materials for domestic and international market. In this way industry works for three causes. It creates job opportunities for differently able people. As the raw material used is mostly agricultural waste it gives farmer a chance to earn and makes environment free from hazards of plastic and Styrofoam to some extent. Bollant Industries pvt Ltd is lead by an efficient team. Apart from Srikant Ms. Swarnlata  Takkilapati, Mr. S Prabakar Reddy and Mr. Ravi Mantha are there to help the cause. It is Srikant's efforts that many differently able people are getting a chance to live with dignity.

Srikant's life gives us a hope that no matter what your condition is if you have patience and work hard with courage and positive attitude you can make your life an ideal for others.

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Accept yourself

We are very concerned about how others will accept us. How they will react upon the way we dress, talk and live. We need approval of others.
Why we want others to accept us. Why we have fear to be rejected by others.
The answer is we don't accept ourselves as we are.

"Accept yourself as you are otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move towards it. You will feel you are not deserving."
MAXWELL MALTE

By not accepting ourselves we create a sense of doubt for ourselves. This doubt becomes the cause of low self-esteem. A person without self confidence is like a gadget without power. A gadget which has in built functions but can not be used due to lack of power.
Believing in self helps us to know our strengths. It gives us a sense of our ability to do things. We accept those opportunities which come to us and work hard to get success.

"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."
MARK TWAIN

We live in a society. Where we are surrounded by people related to us as family, friends, neighbours. Being a social creature we want to be loved and cared by them. But most of the time we find ourselves lonely. We think that no one likes us or cares for us. We started to think that there is a problem with me. I am not so attractive or successful like others. That is why people avoid me. This results in a low self-esteem. We create a shell around us and try to hide ourselves in it. In this way we make ourselves more lonely.
The problem here is same. We don't accept ourselves. To be loved and to get respect from others it is necessary to love and respect yourself.
One who is a friend of himself can make friends easily. A person who is satisfied with himself is satisfied with others.

"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Be friend with your own self you will find the whole world is a friend of you.

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of a person you are."
MARILYN MONROE

You are unique in your own way. Nature has blessed you with many qualities. You don't need to fit yourself in other person's shoe.
Most of the time we fail to understand the fact that if we try to mould ourselves in someone else's cast we will destroy ourselves. We can't be anyone else because we have our own personality. Our own way of thinking, our strengths and weaknesses. Which separates us from others.
Instead of trying to be someone else accept your unique self.

"If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation."
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI

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What you offer to life

Most of the time we complain about life. Whatever life has given us we hardly satisfy with it. We have so many "If".
'If I have more mony' 'If I am a little more taller' 'If I have looks like him/her'
All these 'If' always remain with us. We always want more from life.
But we hardly consider what we are giving to life. Are we utilizing in full whatever life has given us.
The question is not how much you have but how efficiently you utilize it.
Instead of asking more from life start giving it back. Use your strength, your intelligence, your thinking for the progress of yourself and your surrounding.

"In whatever condition your life is, If you want you can use it for better. "

Don't think what is the condition of your life. In all situations life is bigger than anything. Complaining about it is not going to help us. Find the ways to make it meaningful.

"Focus on your dream and do everything in your power. You have the power to change your life circumstances."NICK VUJICIC

You have ability to change the circumstances of your life if you act according to your ability.
So do whatever you can to make your life beautiful for you and your society.

"In life you have two choices 'Bitter' or 'Better', Choose better. Forget bitter."NICK VUJICIC

Choice is your. Complain about life and be bitter or utilize your power to be better.

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A little change in you can change the world

Once upon a time there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. Once a thorn pricked his princess's sole. He loved her vary much. He couldn't bear her screaming in pain. So he ordered his ministers to cover whole land with leather. The ministers were in a difficult situation. They didn't know how to arrange so much leather. But they could not tell this to king. The youngest of the ministers was a wise man. He bought a pair of leather shoes and offered them to princess.

This story gives us a very important lesson. Sometimes we exaggerate a problem and try to find big solution for it. While it can be solved by a little thinking. As the king presented the problem in a very big way and gave an impractical solution of it. But his minister looked at the problem as it was and came up with a practical solution for it.
Another lesson which can be learnt from this story is that trying to change the world around you is not a wise thing to do because it is not possible. So it is better to change yourself. The solution of the problem is not in outside world but it is within you.

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