Nepali woman unstoppable journey in dance despite physically challenge

Jan 02, 2024

Lalitpur (Nepal), Jan 02 (ANI): Despite having to have her leg amputated due to cancer, Sita Subedi was adamant about pursuing a career in dance. Nevertheless, she persisted in her passion and eventually found success as a dance instructor. She lost her left leg to cancer before entering adolescence, at the age of 12. Growing up in a rural settlement of Chitwan District, Sita Subedi felt it was end of her passion for dance when one of her leg was amputated. She faced abuses, discrimination and disregard by the fellow classmates and the neighbours who feared transmission of cancer from Subedi and remained far from her. It was dance that filled the void and her alienation. It brought a whirlwind into her life. She then could not dance nor live a normal life. It took quite a long time for her expand her wings and take the flight to the horizon of dance. Notably, Sita was one amongst the 18 students who have managed to pass the SLC exam from her Janaki Higher Secondary School in Meghauli Chitwan. Soon after passing SLC, she got admission at a local dance and music school in Bharatpur but had to face questions over her physical status. The instructors then had questioned her ability to dance in one leg comparing her with other fellow trainees. The dance and music institute asked her to stop coming for classes within a month of her formal joining. It was not the first time that her dream was shattered. Right before the whirlwind at the age of 12, her dancing passion wasn't liked by her family either.