Imagine a child, barely a year old, and his parents hear these dreadful words: “He’ll never be able to stand, let alone walk.” This is what doctors told Jitendra Gehlawat’s parents. Cerebral palsy — a disorder that affects a person’s ability to move, balance, and maintain posture — had cast a shadow over their lives and Jitendra, doctors said, had 80% disability.

But he didn’t let the bleak diagnosis define him. He grew up watching his father, a labourer, come home covered in........

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