In a bomb blast in 2002, Malvika Iyer, 13 years old at the time, was left an amputee. The teen was faced with a difficult life ahead with an inability to control her limbs. Malvika, however, took the decision to grab life with both hands and refused to be a victim. Today, she is standing tall with pride as a Disability Rights Activist and a motivational speaker helping lift the spirits of many.

She has many awards and accolades to speak of her successful life. She has been appreciated and applauded for her bravery by many media agencies. She has been on renowned platforms like TedX and UN. She is also a member of United Nations IANYD.
 
Malvika recounts the horrific incident till date. She remembers details like it was 1:15 in the afternoon when it had happened. She had noticed that her jeans pocket was ripping out that day. She was looking for a blunt object to put pressure on the glue to stick the torn edges back. She went around the house looking for it and found something in the garage; she picked it up without knowing that the strange blunt object was a grenade. She jabbed the grenade on the jeans twice and on the second hit, it exploded.
 
Her parents and some guests were in the house at the time of the blast, however, they assumed the loud noise was coming from the TV. Malvika recalls that the room was completed destroyed and when her family found her, she was in a messy pool of blood. She said her mother was devastated to find her daughter in that shape, and the first thing she had uttered was, “Meri beti ke haath!”
 
On the way to the emergency room, another realization had dawned. Her legs had been badly affected as well. 80% of blood was lost that day along with 70% loss of nerve control in her limbs. She survived that night, but 2 years of recurring surgeries and 18 months of being restricted to the bed followed.

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