Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla

Electric shock treatment for more than two years improved her upper body strength.

[2] She represented India in the Paralympics held in South Korea, Barcelona, Athens and Beijing; the Asian Games held in Beijing, Bangkok, South Korea and Kuala Lumpur; World Masters held in Denmark and Australia, Commonwealth Games in Australia and Open Championships in Belgium, Kuala Lumpur and England.

She works as a Manager in Syndicate Bank and shelters 54 children with various disabilities at Mathru Foundation — a charitable trust formed along with her friends.

[3] She focuses mainly on polio victims from rural areas, whose parents cannot afford to send their child to school or provide medical treatment.

[4] “When I was young, I wanted to be first among my friends who used to run to the backyard to pick the fallen mangoes.