THE BRAVE HEART DENTIST – DR. RAJLAKSHMI S J – Wheelchair doesn’t Stop her from being Doctor and a Beauty Queen
The Story of a brave heart dentist - who faced all the odds to emerge as a success in her career and life. Read and get motivated. This post will be seeing one such story and it so happens that the protagonist of this real life story happens to be a dentist. The name of that brave doctor is Dr. Rajalakshmi S J
In this post, we are reading the inspiring story of a lady dentist Dr. Rajalakshmi S J. The previous slide mentioned that she is a very successful practicing orthodontist, beauty contest winner, and woman right’s activist. But what makes her unique and different from others? You will find that in this slide.
The Story of Dr. Rajalakshmi S J
The Dream to be a Doctor & More
It was from a very early age that Rajalakshmi wanted to become a doctor.
Having seen both her doctor parents run a clinic in the same building as their home, Rajalakshmi modeled herself on them.
The people there used to call them devaru (God in Kannada) as they saved lives. Her dad passed away when she was in Std 10.
Once, Rajalakshmi took her battle against nepotism to the High Court, when she was denied a job in her college even though she was a rank holder. She approached the High Court, and the court finally directed the college to consider her under the merit and PH quota.
She was also very interested in modeling and fashion. She did her best to always learn the nuances of grooming, beauty, and modeling as a hobby with dreams of one day trying her hands in modeling too.
Dr. Rajalakshmi is a qualified dentist who has an MDS / Post graduation degree in orthodontics. She is a gold medalist in both BDS degree and MDS Degree. It was the year of 2007.
The Accident that Changed her Life
“After having topped the Examination, the professors wanted me to present some papers at the National Conference, and I was on my way to that event when I met with the accident,” recalls Dr. Rajalakshmi.
She was on her way to Tamil Nadu for a conference in 2007 when her car met with an accident, resulting in severe damage to her spinal cord and resulting in paraplegia (both her lower limbs are paralyzed) for life.
For those of you, who have just read about disabled people in their educational course, then do realize you that it is an extremely difficult life to live in our society. Yes, in India it’s very tough. There is lack of empathy in the general public. The government machinery has also not been very efficient for last many years to bring a sense of stability to this issue.
None the less, Dr. Rajalakshmi is a determined soul. She never let the impairment affect her and change her. Yes, she had her difficulties. Initially, she could not accept the fact of using the wheelchair.
She hated it.
She was so disgusted with the idea of using a wheelchair that she rejected it for that period.
“I later realized that if I keep saying no to the wheelchair, I would have to be stuck in one place, something which I could not have afforded. Today the wheelchair is my best friend,” says Rajalakshmi.
Her family supported her, but she did not get much help from the people around. All they would say is ‘Ayyo, you met with an accident’, and do nothing much to support her after that.“That irritated me a lot. Disabled people don’t need people’s sympathy or empathy; they just need your support. If you can’t give them that support, don’t discourage them at least.”
But she has an amazing attitude. It is the attitude thats says – Throw all the bricks you can at me and I will make a house out of it.
With this motto slowly and steadily Dr. Rajalakshmi started building back her life again and the beauty contest was just one sign of it. She is a successful practitioner today. However what brought her into the limelight/social media was the beauty contest.
