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After accident when I was admitted in Nepal army Hospital in Chauni. In the hospital I was as a dead body, and nobody had thought me that I will be alive and can do everything such as before. I was taken care well and got full support with treatment. In those 8 months of treatment period I never worried about my both lost hands and I always won my heart in this way, I encouraged myself. While staying in hospital I was trying to use my feet and toes to write, eat, shower, washroom etc. After treatment I return home and right away i joined the school. I got the lots of will power myself. After all above days everywhere i got the way of oppurtunities and became success.

sudarshan gautam an undefeatable man

Sudarshan's Biosketch

I am Sudarshan Gautam. I was born on November 29 in Nepal. I was born as a normal child. I grew up in a village. I dreamed of being a pilot or a political leader. I was the average student. I had many friends and enjoyed sports particularly volleyball and soccer which were my favorite. I was very interested in scientific experiments. I was just like any other young child - full of hope and passion.

In June 1994, when I was sixteen years old, I went to Katmandu on vacation. It was during that vacation that tragedy hit. One incident changed my life forever. I was flying a kite from a rooftop. The kite got stuck on the overhead electric wires. I was not aware that there was a naked wire there, and that it carried 11,000 volts of electricity. I used an iron stick to get the kite back. I was knocked unconscious; my hands completely burnt. My father and uncle took me immediately to the Nepal Army Hospital. I woke up to find both my hands and two toes amputated, and with them, all my dreams amputated!

The days and weeks following my amputation were terrible. I felt like I was surrounded by total darkness without the smallest glimmer of light. I knew I was alive, but I felt dead. I could not do anything that I was used to doing. I lost all my friends. They had no time for me. I cannot put into words the loneliness, or the desperation, that I felt. All my dreams were crushed. I felt completely isolated from this world. I faced terrible discrimination. I had lost not only my hands. I had lost my self-respect and dignity. I had lost my identity. There was no place for a physically challenged person like me in my country – no opportunities. There was nothing except my tears and my sorrow. How can I survive this? What can I do? There seemed to be no answers. There seemed to be no hope.

After eight months of treatment, I returned to my village. Some people laughed at my disability and others felt pity. I was now the 'poor boy'. Their pity hurt me. My friends and classmates successfully completed their School Leaving Certificate exams. The villagers congratulated them on their success. They shook their heads and felt sorry for the 'poor boy'.

As the time went by, I found in myself a strength I did not know I had. I could endure this. I could overcome this. I found a way to do things myself – to brush my teeth, to shower, to shave, to cook and eat, to play cards, carom and chess, to go horse riding. I also practiced writing with my toes. I took my School Leaving Certificate final examination and passed it successfully. I wrote the exam with my toes.

The people in my village congratulated me on my success. I felt a deep sense of happiness and pride. I became a symbol of success. Parents would point me out to their children and say, "Look! He passed his exams in spite of everything. You should be ashamed of yourself." All this boosted my confidence. I began to believe in myself again. I felt free from bondage and the barriers that had held me back. I felt there was light at the end of the tunnel. I was ready to accept the challenges in the world and to succeed.

I became my cheerful old self again. I got involved in my community. The villagers called me their young leader. Soon, I left my village for Katmandu to continue my higher education. When I arrived in Katmandu, I made a pledge to myself - "One day, I will conquer with my talent, and the world will regard me as a brave person."

I enrolled at the Nepal Commerce Campus, Katmandu. I passed the diploma exams. Around the same time, I was elected the vice-president of the Nepal Student Union and the president. As a student leader, I advocated for the rights and rehabilitation of the disabled people. I also learned how to use the computer which facilitated my study and my work.

After some time, I visited the Nepal Disabled Association, Khagendra New Life Center. That organization was founded by Khagendra Bahadur Basyat in 1976. He died just six years after founding the organization. He was severely disabled and was practically bedridden for around thirty years. After becoming permanently disabled at the age of 26, he started helping physically challenged people. His spent the rest of his life helping the disabled community get back their dignity and their rights. He made a significant difference to the lives of many. He became a legend and made the world realize that disabled people can achieve anything they want. Khagendra Bahadur Basyat became my inspiration. He inspired me to stand on my own feet, to achieve success, to believe in myself, and to challenge myself.

I aspired to have my name entered in the Guinness Book of World Records so that my country would be proud of my efforts. With that noble hope, I challenged myself to drive a car. I requested many driving institutions and organizations to help fund this project, but nobody had confidence that I could do it. I invested my own funds, and learned to drive from a private driving institute. After that, I was able to drive a car with my feet through the busy streets of Katmandu. It was an amazing experience.

On September 8, 2001, I demonstrated my driving skills to approximately 10,000 spectators. The Nepal Government and five social organizations helped me organize this. The demonstration was aired on various media channels. After that driving demonstration, I was able to share my goals and get the support I needed to help others. I was presented with a cash award and honored by lots of social organizations and the Government. My goal was to get the Guinness Book of World Record to acknowledge my effort.

While I was learning to drive, I once had an opportunity to fly to Pokhara. That was the first time I met a pilot. I was inspired to fly a plane on my own one day. I was excited by this new dream. I requested the Government to sponsor me for a flying course and was pleasantly surprised when they agreed to recommend me to the Nepal Army. The Nepal Army agreed to help provide me with a helicopter, but due to my financial condition and the lack of flying institutes in Nepal, I could not complete this dream.

In 2003, I took on a new challenge. With the help of a driving institute, I learned how to ride a motorbike. I fixed a date for the motorcycle demonstration, but my country's political condition worsened and, unfortunately, it had to be cancelled. That was the second of my uncompleted dreams. After that disappointment, I continued to serve as a social worker and an active political leader, but I was not satisfied. At the same time I got chance to meet dedicated social worker, Mr. Hasta Gautam. We met in 2003 and he helped me plan for a better future. After that I got the chance to visit different countries and to achieve my new status in life. Finally, I chose Canada to settle down. Now I finally have the potential and the opportunity to prove my ability and to fulfill my uncompleted dreams.

I was not able to get my name in the Guinness Book of World Records. I just did not have the facilities to fulfill that dream. However, I did meet the woman of my dreams. I met a loving and caring woman. She is Miss Ambika Hamal. She taught me that having a strong spirit can make anything possible .Now I have a wonderful family life.

Now, I have this dream. I am confident that I can climb Mount Everest. With a lot of hard work, I have successfully done some rock climbing training. I have climbed successfully climbed Mount Yala Peak. I climbed this 5,732 m high mountain without artificial arms and without oxygen. Before climbing Yala Peak, I did a press conference. People did not believe I could do it. Some even laughed at me and taunted me, but I ignored all that. I made a success of it with enormous support from the government of Nepal, the United Nations in Nepal, the N.G.O. and I.N.G.O., private organizations, local businesspersons and other people. After successfully making it to the summit of Yala Peak, I am confident that I can climb Mt. Everest.

Now, I have only one dream, and that is to put my feet on the summit of Mt. Everest. I need your support and your wishes to keep up my strength and hope. In 2009, I would like to climb Mount Everest without artificial arms, so I can be an inspiration to the millions of others around the world who are physically challenged. For this noble cause, I would like your support. I would like to spread the message that 'Disability is not inability'.