IInspiration takes many forms, sometimes through phenomenal work, and sometimes through example. For Aitijya Sarkar, it was his sister and her story that led him to believe in fighting the odds. He recently took to Quora to answer the question, “Who is the most inspiring person you’ve ever met or seen, real or fictional?”

At the age of 16, Aitijya’s sister fell from a height of four stories and was seriously injured. While writing about the incident on Quora, he says that when you fall from such a height, it’s more often than not the shock of the fall that kills you, before your body even has time to recover. record the impact.
“A broken spine, a severed spine that is torn and shredded is what is finally seen, and most have two horrific fates, either death or paralysis.”

However, her sister’s fall shocked everyone. “My Didi was awake during the fall. She fell on her legs.

Doctors told the family that was the only reason she survived. However, she did not come out completely unscathed. His right leg took the impact and was torn to shreds, Aitijya said. A piece of his right foot fell off and bloodstained hospital sheets are what he nightmarishly recounts.

A painful recovery journey

Doctors warned the family that the operation was extremely complex as the bone fragments could rupture the girl’s blood vessels. They estimated a fragile survival rate of 10%, asking the family not to hold out hope that she would walk again.

After two years in the hospital, failing her 12th board exams, taking the exams the following year on a stretcher, and many hardships later, Aitijya’s sister conquered every curve life threw at her, earning a superb 92 in Physics Boards and a 94 in Mathematics.

The school awarded him the Outstanding Student Award, along with a cellphone and a certificate for his commendable achievement. Today, she has two degrees, one in physics and the other in hospitality, and is in the process of an MBA.

The young girl who, according to the doctors, would never walk again, is now independent, lives away from home and works for a subsidiary of Google.

“Inspiration?” asks Aitijya, answering the question that was posed on Quora. “That word doesn’t even begin to explain how I feel when I look at her. She’s a living, breathing miracle.

Read the full answer on Quora here