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A life of Determination

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Let me take you to the past, it was the time I struggled to earn a master’s degree in JOURNALISM. My friends and I got study break from the hectic college days, but with a bag full of class assignments - five news stories to be presented at the end of the vacation. I came home, spent great time with my parents and immediately started working on the assignments. One of my friends in my town was working in a TV channel during those days. Hence, I sought his help to find out stories. He told me about a young boy who made his life colorful amidst of his illness. I was so excited to meet him and the very next day I went to his house. ‘ Jesfer ’ that is his name. I introduced myself to Jesfer and his family. Then we started a very formal conversation which lasted an hour.   ‘Determination’ that made Jesfer to move forward in life despite his physical condition. Medical Science calls his disease ‘Muscular Dystrophy’- a state of being retarded from shoulder to feet. Jesfer collapse