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Monika More ties a rakhi using prosthetic arms

Updated on: 11 August,2014 10:47 AM IST  | 
Atul Kamble | atul.kamble@mid-day.com

The act of tying a rakhi is something most sisters in India take for granted. But for Monika More, the 17-year-old who lost her arms under a local train at Ghatkopar earlier this year, the ritual held special significance.

Monika More ties a rakhi using prosthetic arms

Monika More

The act of tying a rakhi is something most sisters in India take for granted. But for Monika More, the 17-year-old who lost her arms under a local train at Ghatkopar earlier this year, the ritual held special significance.


Monika More


Showing increasing skill in the use of her myoelectrically controlled prosthetic arms, Monika beamed as she tied a tight knot around her brother Kartik’s wrist at their Kurla home. Pic/Atul Kamble


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