11 JULLY 2006 ,( MUMBAI LOCAL TRAIN BOMB BLAST) BIG CHANGE IN MY LIFE



my name is Mahendra pitale.( MAHEN PITALE)

A graduate in fine arts  from raheja school of fine art, mumbai (india) 
and in spare time used to freelance for architects and interior designers,work with ngo’s,&prosthetic awareness and i am involved in a program of prosthetic development with a lot of organization.

friends, everything was going well in my life, after school, college, and then doing jobs, then got a chance to out of india jobs, leaving home and working in other country had increased courage and enthusiasm, and i too was happyand it was a day that i still cannot forget, i had to leave the office a little early from my office time, and i caught the train, but there was a blast as soon as the 3rd station came, and i flew in the air, 5 minutes. after i saw myself, the clothes were torn and full of blood, my one hand was full of wounds, I seen damaged bones and veins,went to the hospital with the help of some people, but the doctors advised to cut off the hand due to the complete deterioration of the veins, i said yes, the next day my left hand below elbow. it was 5 inches. well i knew this was not such a big shock that day. but i was very sorry that this happened to me as well. what a mess did i do to anyone.but on the second day it was discovered that similar blasts were carried out by terrorists at 7 stations in 11 minutes, the  day was 11 july 2007.   death – 210,   injured approximately 714,


after spending one month in hospital,and two more months at home for recovery,started going to work soon after.


 One of artificial limb company and fitting centre in india gave me a mechanical hand free of cost because im the victim of bomb-blast , which had limited movements,due to which my work got started, but with great difficulty could i do certain things. one year passed and during a get together of blast victims, i met people who had lost a leg,others had lost a hand and so on.during a brief talk with someone i realised that he had a prosthetic handwith rotational movements and use at his free will which could me controlled by his mind.i felf if i could get a prosthetic hand my life and work would also benefit from it, ottobock quoted 7 lakhs for the same.i contacted many famous temples trusts in india,but got no help from anybody. by now had made some friends from print media and news channels who carried my articles and interviews, which made an impact on people and i started getting help money wise.the amounted needed for the hand was raised and i was happy to get my own prosthetic hand.life became easy for me in a way and i could do a lot more than before.

in life i learnt myself not to stop….  so taking the help of prosthetic hand, i decided to move forward. and today i started doing work which i did not do earlier. such as - cricket, rifle shooting, cycling, trekking, photography, marathons, became my hobbies,and my favorite was the motor-bike-riding,since i was unable to press the clutch with the left hand, so i shifted the clutch to the right side, and practiced giving the clutch, front brake, excilater with one hand  

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my myoelcetric hand




my bodypower mechanical hand




my myo hand on 4 wheel drive




be bionic arm - ottobock


i also decided to continue with my passion of bike riding again. i started going with bikers groups like royal enfield owners, where i found that they ride for a cause and create awareness among people. i started making contacts with many such groups and was invited by them whenever they had such rallies.my dream is to travel across india’s length and breadth on a bike. want to create awareness among people who are physically challenged that if one makes up his mind,he can do anything which a normal person can. want to motivate people to come forward with confidence and a little effort on their part and try to do things that they thought were impossible to do.i aslo make it a point to go and visit people who lost their hands or legs in accidents and encourage them to start a new life all together. yes, i am more happy to be a cyborg, because of the progress that technology has made today, we should use it, if we want to achieve anything in life, we have to use technology more and more to move forward, 
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