I am Vinayana Khurana, a master’s student at Delhi University. I’m also a woman with disability, Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a state in which your motor ability gets hindered. I have a problem in talking, walking and doing self care.
I’m a writer and that is my identity now. I write for myself and the world around me. If you would ask what writing gives to me, I’d say it gives me satisfaction. The satisfaction of doing something on my own.
I can’t write with a pen, so I have named myself a writer without a pen. If you are a person with a disability living in India, rough fight. Every day you find someone pointing fingers and proving your worthlessness. It is really easy bow down to everything that is happening.
A writer never does that, they can’t sit in an isolated room and write a poem about a utopic world. A writer is always observant of the situation around them and must come up with writings to deal with their surrounding.
Writing my heart on paper is a worship for me. It is a privilege to be a writer with a disability. You can really change the perspective of other people. It is a really special gift that is given to me. I will use it to my full sensibilities and creative ideas. Through my disability, I have the ability to change the world. The satisfaction a piece of writing can give me, I am sure, nothing else in this world can give me.