A seemingly negative situation occurred in my life, though I’m yet to become a legend! My leukaemia was diagnosed at one of the better-known cancer hospitals, the Marsden Cancer Hospital in London. One can defeat it, provided one has the indomitable spirit to live life on one’s terms. And when we take life’s days to be blessings, we tend to become more positive, and mind you, positivism is contagious. To quote an Urdu poet, Zindagi jahad-e-musalsal hai tamasha tohnahin/Jeene waale hi rahte hain toofaan ke qareeb (Life is a constant strife, not a charade/Only those who live life, stay cheek-by-jowl with the tempests and turmoils).

Source: The Hindu August 22, 2016 19:07 UTC