Feeds

Anaya had to re-learn dancing. When she had first learnt salsa dancing, she had followed the beat through vibration. Not anymore. Now she trains herself differently. It takes hours of listening to music and practicing dancing. Her strong determination had paid off. A born deaf Anaya could hear and dance to the beat. Her hearing disability had deprived her from enjoying life for twenty long years. Then one day, she received a cochlear implant and her life changed for good. She can perceive sounds; loud and clear which helps her dance better. She continues to hear and dance.

I wore a white cotton lace salwar-kurta imprinted with flowers, topped with an emerald-green dupatta, an ideal outfit for a bright summer day. I had applied light makeup with—a touch of mascara, and a hint of rose-colored lip color. I took my grocery cart and made my way to the aisles. An elderly man sitting in an electric shopping cart pulled up alongside of me and stopped. “Do you need help to reach something on the upper shelf?” I asked “A beautiful woman must smile,” he said and sped off. Immediately, a big smile broke out on my face.