Wheelchair-Bound For Five Years After An Accident, Kerala Woman Beats Multiple Challenges To Clear Civil Service
Sherin Shahana was in a hospital bed in Perintalmanna on Tuesday when she was told that she had cleared the Civil Service exam.
The 25-year-old from Wayanad, Kerala, was admitted to the hospital after she suffered a shoulder injury in a car accident recently.
913th rank in Civil Service exam
While she did not secure the glamorous top rankings, Sherin's 913th rank in the Civil Service exam is no less reason for her family and friends to cheer about.
That is because Sherin overcame a near-death accident and multiple challenges to make her mother and sister, who stood by her, proud.
Was paralysed for two years?
Sherin's world came crashing down in 2017 when she slipped from the terrace of her house while collecting dried clothes from the clothesline.
The fall left her badly injured on her spine, paralysing her arms and the lower half of her body, and Sherin was bedridden for the next two years.
Her mother, Amina, who lost her husband in 2015, and Sherin's sister Jalisha Usman, struggled financially to provide her with proper treatment and rehabilitation.
Despite the odds staked against her, Sherin refused to give up on her civil service dream and with the help of a motorised wheelchair, she started moving again.
Learning from letters, again
With limited mobility of her hands severely and the trauma of losing her father and the accident affecting her memory, Sherin had to start learning all over again from letters.
Sherin started studying online and later cleared the NET and JRF in Political Science and is currently pursuing her PhD program at Calicut University.
She had also enrolled in Absolute IAS Academy online two years ago as it offered a programme, 'Chitrashalabham', for candidates with disabilities seeking positions in civil services.
Sherin was also supported by Muralee Thummarukudy, the UN Environment Programme Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction, who described her determination to study as an inspiration.
Sherin, who opted for Malayalam for the Civil Service exam, wrote it with the aid of a scribe.
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