Sheetal, the ‘Arm-less Wonder’: From giving up dreams to wear bangles to winning gold medals for India

Kolkata, Oct 27 (PTI) Like any other girl of her age Sheetal Devi wanted to dress up beautifully and hear the jangle of the bangle, matching her outfit.

But that was not to be because of cruel twist of fate which left her arm-less at birth.

The Jammu girl went to a clinic in Bengaluru to fix prosthetic arms but she never underwent the procedure.

Being the woman with gold fingers wasn’t an option but with fierce determination, Sheetal became the ‘Lady with Golden feet”, winning the women’s individual compound archery event at the Para-Asian Games in Hangzhou on Thursday.

Instead of bangles, she now takes immense pride in adorning herself with gold medals — and inspire fellow Indians.

“These medals mean so much, and look much better than the bangles,” she told

Source: PTI News

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