Electrocution survivor Anamta, who received a hand transplant from a 9-year-old donor after an amputation, celebrated Raksha Bandhan with her donor’s family. The teenager used her transplanted hand to tie a rakhi on the donor’s brother, honouring the gift that gave her a second chance at life.
Coming from Mumbai , when I saw an open terrace at her place, it felt rare. So, I ran upstairs to play. I remember standing near the railing, taking it all in. And suddenly, everything went black.”
Sharing about the accident that changed her life, she shared, “In 2022, I was visiting my aunt in UP. “At 13, I lost my right hand in an accident, due to electrocution.
Years later, on Raksha Bandhan, that same hand was held by a grieving mother as she whispered, ‘Meri beti vapas aagayi’,’ Anamta told Humans of Bombay.
At that moment, the teen realised how Riya didn’t just give her a “second chance at life but also a second family, and a brother to walk beside forever. She wrote, “Some bonds are beyond blood, beyond religion, beyond words. A second life. A second family. And a rakhi tied with the hand that made it all possible. This is what Raksha Bandhan means to me. Happy Raksha Bandhan!”
Recalling the moment, the teen shared, “I lay in the hospital, crying over everything I had lost. She was just 13, and after the accident she had to stay more than 50 days in hospital. Anamta recalled, “I taught myself how to write with my left hand, I studied hard, and in my 10th grade, I scored 92%.
One day, I looked around the burn ward. There were patients whose burns were far more severe and yet, they were still fighting. That is when she decided that she wouldn’t let the accident define her life. When I refused to give up, life gave me something I never thought was possible.”
