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Short story Review

Stories are part and parcel of human life. We are the outcome of the stories we have heard. As  Yuval Noah Harari  has rightly pointed out in his book  'Sapiens'  , stories are the most distinguished feature that enabled Homosapiens to survive and led to  cognitive revolution . The book I have chosen is  "Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul".  It's an anthology of the handpicked short stories written under various topics. One among them was  "A Drive to Dance".  It's a real life story of a well-known sope opera actress and a dancer,  Sudha Chandran.  Her life itself is a great lesson that shows  everything is possible if we have the mental toughness to achieve that.  Sudha Chandran was a born dancer. She gave her first stage performance at the age of eight and has received many noteworthy awards. But her ill-fate played its role and she met with a terrible accident. Due to that, her leg was amputed seven and a half inches bel...