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Daughters, the unshakable crutch
Only daughters can be so loving. Daughters like Darshita Shah, who may not be able to walk a few steps without support, but has become the crutches of her father in his old age.
“I never felt I was less than any of my other siblings and that’s simply because my parents never treated me differently,” says Darshita Shah, standing tall on her crutches.
Shah was struck by polio in early childhood. Though she might need support to even walk a few steps, Shah has become her father’s only companion after her mother passed away a couple of years ago.
“I owe everything in my life to my father. Now, that my mother is no more, I spend quality time with him, look after all his needs and ensure that he does not miss my mother,” says Shah who has a lot of friends but reserves special time only for her father who she takes out for eating, visiting the club and watching a movie!
Shah never went to college but her CV proudly enlists seven academic qualifications like MCom, MLL, Bachelor of Computer Application and Masters in Computer Application, all of which she attained while studying from home.
“I could never go to a school as I could not climb the stairs in the school buildings. Thus, my parents used to teach me. Often my relatives used to tell my father why are you letting your daughter study this much? He used to always tell them that it is only education that can make her independent,” says Shah.
“I remember a time when the schools would deny making special arrangements for me on the ground floor and my father had to pick me up and climb four floors. Never has he complained and today no one is more proud of me than him,” she said.
Shah works as an accountant. Poet at heart, Shah also has published her first compilation, Arzoo. Quite predictably, she has dedicated her works to her parents.
vasundhara.vyas@timesgroup.com
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