Watch the man who was born without arms and is now a professional tailor
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A man, who was born without arms, has become an inspiration for millions as he is a professional tailor.
45-year-old Madan Lal, from Haryana, India, was born without arms but he didn’t give up on life and learned to live his life without the help of others.
He told that during his childhood, his grandparents took care of him. But not everyone was like his grandparents.
According to Barcroft, he said: “When I was young almost every school denied me admission because of my disability. The teachers refused to admit me into the school.”
“I was disappointed and thought that I will show them by achieving something. My family couldn’t afford to educate me, and I thought that the government wouldn’t help me either. So I’ll have to do something to survive in this life.”
Madan decided to take up tailoring when he was 23. It was really difficult for him in the beginning but he didn’t give.
In the beginning, everyone refused to train him. He said: “I went to many places and met many tailors. I requested them to train so that I can earn out of it. But all of them laughed at me.
“They said I could not make clothes without arms. It’s not possible. I can’t ever run a stitching machine. They sent me back to my village.”
Then, he went to Fatehabad to meet a tailor.
He said: “I went to Fatehabad to learn stitching from a tailor. He initially refused to teach me. He said, ‘You don’t have any arms, how would you do stitching?’”
“I said, ‘Just give me one chance’. He said okay and within 10 to 15 days my teacher started saying, ‘You will become successful.’ And I became very happy.”
Within a year, he had opened his own shop in his village. He said: “That day I forgot all the sufferings. It was the best day of my life. I saw people coming to my shop to greet me. The whole village was happy, as if they were part of my family.”
He added: “People used to make fun of me. They never believed that I would learn tailoring using my feet. They would say, ‘He stitches with his feet, he will ruin our clothes.’”
“Then I slowly started to win their confidence. And then a lot people started to come to me for stitching.”
“Whatever I have to do in my life, it’s just with my feet. All the stitching work I do with my feet. From cutting the cloth to measurement, I have to use my feet.”
“Some people said that I could ruin clothes because I stitch using my feet. Now everyone at our village comes to my shop for stitching their clothes.”
“It’s not like the past anymore. I have won the confidence of everyone.”