Temsukaba holding a basket he made during his passtime while pursuing a BSc dream.
The inspiring life of Temsukaba
Morung Express News
Mokokchung | February 17
When is the euphemistic phrase – differently abled – more enunciated? It is when you see a young nineteen year old boy with deformed hands from birth, pursuing a dream in the science world and making artistic baskets made out of rolled papers during his past time.
Nineteen year old Temsukaba is pursuing his B.Sc (second Semester) at the Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung. He was born and brought up in Dimpaur. He lives with his cousins at his uncles’ place. His academic career from Class X onwards shows great promise – 1st Division at Matric from Lima Aier Hr Sec School; 1st Division from Immanuel College Dimapur in the 10+2 science board examination. However, he is not that regular student that you get to meet every day.
Both his hands were deformed from birth; they are tiny and look feeble. His right hand has four fingers without a thumb, and his left only three fingers. But, Temsukaba has overcome all odds. Today he is taking Physics as Honors subject at Fazl Ali College – a premier NAAC accredited educational institution in Nagaland. His other subject combination includes mathematics and chemistry besides physics, in their parlance abbreviated to PCM – Physics – Maths - Chemistry.
“My parents have always been supportive towards me, they treated me just like my other siblings,” says Temsukaba. He has one younger brother and two younger twin sisters.
More than his academic aspirations, what marks out Temsukaba is his subtle artistic quality in creating beautiful paper baskets made out of old magazines.
“I take around three days to roll the old magazines, making or knitting the basket is the easy part,” says Temsukaba with a smile.
“However, I don’t find time much these days since I have to attend classes and all. These are all a part of my hobby which I enjoyed while I was in Class XI and XII,” said Temsukaba.
Nonetheless, his limited creations are interesting and some people even ordering him to construct some paper baskets.
“However, I don’t like to sell or take orders for these baskets. I usually give them away for free,” said Temsukaba.
On being asked about his future interests, Temsukaba disclosed that he wants to pursue Master's degree and do research. His greatest inspiration is Stephen Hawkins – the great theoretical physicist.
So when is inspiration (or knowledge as said in the Book of Proverbs) unlimited? Perhaps, it’s when we understand that differently abled surely do mean that they are able to do differently and most often, in a better way.
When asked to write his name on a paper, Temsukaba nudged the pen between the fingers on his right hand and wrote in fine cursive hand.
