心跳

Sudha Chandran， a young girl who learned dancing when she was three years old and whose greatest passion remains dancing， was cut off in the prime of her career—quite literally—when her right leg had to be 1)amputated after a car accident.

As a classical dancer from India， Sudha was 17 when the tragedy 2)struck. Her right leg was badly injured in a traffic accident and had to be amputated below the knee when 3)gangrene set in. The tragedy was all the more 4)poignant as Sudha was 5)on the verge of beginning a glittering career in [1]Bharatha Natyam， one of the most 6)exacting forms of Indian classical dance. Sudha’s world crumbled. She felt that all the years of training had gone to waste and in any case what kind of life was it to be without a leg. The reality that she would never dance again was too much to 7)cope with， she simply did not want to live.

However， she didn’t give up. During the six-month 8)recu-peration period after surgery she became obsessed with the idea of walking again but without crutches. By chance she picked up a magazine and read about 9)Dr Sethi and his famous [2]Jaipur foot and immediately made an appointment to see him.

The first question she asked of him was “will I dance again?” His reply without hesitation was “why not?” They tried out various options including a spring-loaded ankle fitting for more flexibility essential for the 10)intricate footwork required in Baratha Natyam. The spring was not successful as it kept 11)jamming during practice. For the next round of fittings Sudha brought her dance teacher along.

For twenty days Dr Sethi and his team watched the two working together. In the end they fitted her with the same Jaipur foot and limb that was given to any other 12)amputee who came to the

13)rehabilitation centre at the SMS Hospital in 14)Jaipur.

So intense was her desire that Sudha decided to go back to dancing after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself and could fulfill her dream. She began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing—learning to balance， bend， stretch， walk， turn， twist， twirl and finally dance.

It was like starting all over again. She persevered through pain， blood， tears and doubts. Her family， teacher and doctor stood by her in this 15)ordeal. After every public 16)recital， she would ask her dad about her performance. “You still have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get in return.

In January 1984， Sudha made a historic comeback by giving a public recital in 17)Bombay. She performed in such a marvelous manner that it moved everyone to tears while 18)catapulting her to the number one position again. Overnight she had become a celebrity and a star was born. She was 19)feted in the press. That evening when she asked her dad the usual question， he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as a tribute to a great 20)artiste.

Sudha’s comeback was so heart-warming that a film producer was inspired to capture the incident in the box office hit， 21)Nache Mayuri. Other offers of 22)stardom and many dance recitals followed. And she acted in many films and was invited to perform all over the world.

When someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again， she said quite simply， “YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.”

Nothing is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win， you can achieve anything.

蘇德哈·錢德拉，一個3歲便開始學習舞蹈且一直對舞蹈無比熱愛的女孩，其事業正值巔峰之時卻被徹底中斷了——一次車禍導致她的右腿不得不被截肢。

來自印度的蘇德哈是一名古典舞者，車禍悲劇發生時，她才17歲。一場交通事故導致她的右腿嚴重受傷并出現組織壞死，最后不得不切除了膝蓋以下的部位。而更讓人扼腕嘆息的是，當時蘇德哈那閃耀的舞蹈生涯正剛剛開始，她所跳的婆羅多舞是其中一種要求最為嚴苛的印度古典舞蹈。遭受打擊的蘇德哈崩潰了。她感到多年的訓練全白費了，而且沒有了一條腿，那將是一種什么樣的生活呢？她無法接受自己再也不能跳舞的殘酷現實，她簡直不想活了。

然而，她沒有放棄。在手術后長達6個月的恢復期里，蘇德哈一直癡迷于這樣一個想法：要不靠拐杖站起來重新行走。偶然間，她看到了一本雜志，從中讀到了塞迪醫生和他研發的著名的齋浦爾義肢的文章。于是她立即約他見面。

蘇德哈見到塞迪醫生時問的第一個問題就是：“我還能再跳舞嗎？”塞迪醫生毫不猶豫地回答說：“當然可以！”他們嘗試了各種各樣的義肢，包括在義肢的踝關節處裝填彈簧，使它更具靈活性以滿足婆羅多舞中錯綜復雜的步法要求。不過，彈簧沒發揮作用，因為練習時它老是卡住，彈不起來。在接下來的一輪義肢裝配過程中，蘇德哈請來了她的舞蹈老師。

整整二十天里，塞迪醫生和他的團隊觀看蘇德哈和她的老師一起跳舞。……