Overcome with the enormity of it all and the complete feeling of loss of control, I shed copious tears and asked my dear husband, Jayant.经历所有的巨痛并彻底感到失去控制，我流了很多泪水，问我亲爱的丈夫，Jayant。I said, &quotIs this it? Is this the end of the road? Is this the end of my dance?&quot我说，“结束了么？这就是我生命之路的尽头么？这就是我舞蹈的终结么？”An

But I needed something else. I needed something to go that extra mile, and I found it in that metaphor which I had learned from my mother when I was four.但是我需要另外一些东西，我需要增加我的旅程，我在意象中找到了它，那是从我四岁就学起的。The metaphor of Mahishasura Mardhini, of Durga. Durga, the mother goddess, the fearless one, created by

This is an ode to the mother goddess, that most of us in India learn when we are children.有一首关于印度神母的颂歌，是我们大部分的印度人从小就学习的。I learned it when I was four at my mother&#39s knee.在我四岁的时候也学习了这首歌，坐在我母亲的膝头上。That year she introduced me to dance, and thus began my tryst with classical dance.也正是那一年，她引导我进入舞蹈的殿堂，而

My story is a story of overcoming setbacks, obstacles and challenges that life throws at you.我的故事是一个克服那些生命带给你的挫折、障碍和挑战的故事。My story is the power of thought. My story is the power of choice. It&#39s the power of focus.我的故事是思想的力量。我的故事是选择的力量。是专注的力量。It&#39s the power of bringing ourselves to the attentio

I also declared to the world at large that I would ride it out, and I would not allow cancer to ride me.我还向世界宣告，我将度过难关，我不会允许癌症将我打倒。But to go from where I was to where I wanted to be, I needed something.但是要从我的现状到达我的期望，我需要一些东西。I needed an anchor, an image, a peg to peg this process on, so that I could

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