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Ananda Shankar Jayant – Dancer Who ‘Conquered’ Cancer with Dance

As Are Life’s Other Obstacles, Cancer Is Just Another Mind Game

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When it looks like nothing can go wrong, an impediment is just around the corner… that’s life! She too discovered exactly that when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Initially, it wasn’t at all easy to accept, she admits. After all, she was staring at a future devoid of dance, something she lived and breathed. But with steely resolve, she decided to hit back without any hiatus in her activities. Setting aside all apprehensions, Ananda began to take control over her thoughts, her mind, the images it created and the actions derived from the same. In the process, she stuck to the only real thing that moved her, touched her and motivated her – dance. For someone who was born to dance, giving it up in the face of cancer was simply impossible.