She was born a dwarf and her height is only 3 ft 11 inchesat present. She said her life has been one of a struggle but still she went onnot only to study law but to establish her own identity.
Meet Jalandhar-based 24-year-old girl who did not let hershort stature come in the way of her standing tall.
Harwinder Kaur, was teased mercilessly by her peers whenshe was in her growing age. She never wanted to go to school. Havingencountered stares and sly remarks from fellow students and strangers shedoubted her capabilities. Yet she went on to not only study law but also to win hearts. With her confidenceand 3'11' height she is now practicing law.
A resident of Armaan Nagar in Rama Mandi here, Kaur said, "I realisedabout my dwarfism, when I was around 10 years old. I was in fourth standardwhen I noticed my body not growing normally. With this came a lot of teasing and bullying. By thetime I reached in senior secondary classes, I preferred skipping school andremained most of the days at my house”.
“While I was slipping into depression, I realised it wasnot my fault that I was short. With a heavy heart, I dared to come out and live my life like any normal individual”, shesaid.
Subsequently life changed after she took admission ingraduation. “The activities that I couldn't experience during my school days, Ilived them during my graduation. Accepting myself the way I'm, it instilledpositivity in me and now I have achieved an important place for myself in thesociety. People with insecurities and inferiority complexes now look up to meand appreciate me for my confidence”, she added.
She believes, hard work, resilience and positive attitudeis what makes a person successful not his physical appearance. Harwinder wantedto become an air hostess while she was in school, but realising that she isn'tfit for it, she took law as a career option.
Surprisingly all her family including her father SamsherSingh, a cop, mother Sukhdeep Kaur and brother have normal heights and she isthe only short member. Having suffered difficulties throughout her teens sheeven visited various doctors to cure her genetical disorder, but to no avail.
However she cured it later by accepting herself. Withthousands of followers she is also a social media star and wants to furtherpursue her career in judiciary.