Fashion gave me strength
fashion gave me definition of my life
For me, fashion is not only about the clothes
Fashion is about..
A new life in the way that it guided me
where to go and where not to go
He asked me to leave my family He asked me to leave NIFT
He asked me to leave my dreams and to become his wife and start his own family
So I denied that Obviously that made him more angry
I was sitting in my car and even my car got burnt
because it was almost a bucket... volume of acid that I got on me
The Doctor came and saw me and he said, "I'm not going to promise you
if I can make her better, but I can try my level best to keep her alive"
The skin was damaging slowly slowly everyday, one layer at a time
...all the seven layers got completely burnt and black
It was like somebody threw charcoal on me
It was that black a body I got
And they had to remove the dead skin out of me
They didn't use any sort of anaesthesia or local
I was completely awake
Just imagine the feeling that you are alive and somebody is taking your skin out of your
body And cutting it
It's like my soul was shouting inside saying "Kill me now! Kill me now!"
"Don't operate at all"
I guess my parents had decided on the first day that they had to make every possible way
to keep me alive And I decided to stay alive
My dad says "I can keep feeding you
til my life ends and I can
keep you at home , if you want to stay home"
And my answer was, "Why would I stay at home?" And he said, "that was the only thing
I wanted to hear from you"
I used to get my surgeries done during weekends or on holidays
So that my time didn't get wasted
My whole ambition and my goal was to finish my course with good grades
And get the degree..nicely in my hands
He always saw me as a strong person And he would always tell his friends that
(..because after many surgeries..I am now this) this is our investment
because he spent his entire savings
to make me like this And my dream was to earn and give him back
Which I couldn't do
Losing my father is the most devastating thing that has ever happened to me
I want to become something through my college and education
So that one day my dad can be proud "That even after me, she
achieved what she always wanted"
We all have our share of sorrows and sadness And if you can design something out of it
you can create something out of it That is the beautiful thing and beautiful gift you can give
to the world
I got an offer letter
saying, "Congratulations Monica Singh. You've
been offered a place in Parsons" I was thrilled
I got into Parsons and I cried My mom was surprised to see my reaction in that way for this college
I said, "Mom, you don't know, this is not just any college. This is THE college I want
to be in"
If somebody wants something really bad in their life, they will get it
And I want this opportunity so bad, that I know that I'm going to get it
I'm definitely going to enjoy my education this time
What I lost..what I didn't enjoy during my graduation
I'm going to live my youth, live my education life again at Parsons