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Dr. Malvika Iyer Profile picture
Dr. Malvika Iyer
@MalvikaIyer
Bomb blast survivor. President awardee. Motivational speaker living w/ PTSD. Disability activist featured in 300+ media. Talks at UN, WEF, World Bank, Microsoft
Feb 18, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Happy birthday to me ❤️
Today I want to share with you an excerpt from a speech I delivered at the United Nations. When the bomb blew up my hands, the doctors were under a lot of pressure to save my life so they made some surgical errors while stitching back my right hand. The stump has a bone protruding out which is not covered by any flesh. If I hit my hand against something, I'll die of pain. But that very mistake has proven so incredible that the bone acts like my only finger. That's how I type!
Dec 3, 2019 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
17 years ago, when I was lying on the hospital bed, I heard a bunch of women whisper, “Did you see that new girl in the general ward? What a shame! She must be cursed as now her life has now come to an end.”
#WorldDisabilityDay #InternationalDisabilityDay #IDPD2019 #Disability That was the very first time I cried my eyes out. Not when I saw my amputated arms covered in blood. Not when I saw the doctors drilling iron rods inside my leg. Not when I was battling for my dear life.