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Karoly Takacs was from Hungary. In 1938, he was working with the Hungarian Army. He was the top pistol shooter in Hungary. He was going to participate in the 1940 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Every person in Hungary expected that Takacs was going to win the gold medal. Nobody had any doubt. Because Takacs had a mind-blowing capability of pistol shooting with his right hand. He proved it many times in his country. He had many years of serious practice of pistol shooting. The family members of Takacs and all Hungarians were waiting for the grand success of Takacs in the Olympics. But unexpectedly a tragedy happened. While training with his army squad, a defective grenade exploded in Takacs’ right hand. The flesh, nerves, and bones in his right hand were scattered on the ground. He became unconscious. After one day, he woke up on a bed in a military hospital. He understood that his right hand was removed. He saw a bandage at his shoulder. Takacs spent a month in the hospital. He lost h...

Aisha and Rajiv were a couple. In the beginning days of their marriage, they were very happy. They loved each other. They could not live without the presence of the other. But gradually all things changed. They started quarreling with each other. They were always angry with each other. Their wedding anniversary came. At home, Aisha was waiting for her husband Rajiv. Aisha was waiting to see if Rajiv remembered it was their anniversary! The doorbell rang. She ran to find her husband. Rajiv entered the home with a smiling face and a bunch of flowers in his hand. The couple smiled at each other. Aisha started preparing a delicious dinner. Rajiv was silently looking at the beauty of Aisha's shining face. It was raining outside. Cold breezes were entering the room. She looked at Rajiv, smiled and asked: "How was your day?". He said, "It's fine". They were imagining a wonderful night. The phone in the bedroom rang. Aisha went into the bedroom and picked up t...

Mark was a student. One day he was going to college. Ahead of him, another boy was walking. His hands were full of many articles such as books, two sweaters, a basketball, a glove, and a small tape recorder. The boy tripped and dropped all of his items on the road. Immediately Mark ran to him, knelt down and picked up all his items one by one and gave them to that boy. They were going the same way. Mark requested him "If you don't mind, I will carry some items." Both carried the items and started walking. While walking, Mark asked him many questions with a smiling face. The boy said that his name was Bill, he loved video games, basketball, and history and he broke up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill's house. Bill invited Mark into his house. Both drank coke and watched TV. They discussed many things. They laughed a lot. The afternoon went pleasantly. Then Mark went home. They were studying in the same college. Frequently they met each other. Whene...

Jyothi Reddy was born in a very poor family in Telangana, India. Everyday survival was a struggle for the family. Her father left her at an orphanage. He felt she would get food and a place to live in. Jyothi studied there from class five to class ten. It was a horrible period of time. Water shortage in bathrooms and waiting in a queue to enter the toilet were daily chores. The food in the hostel was full of bugs. To school, She used to walk 3 kilometers barefoot. In the classroom, she used to sit on the last bench, because she was ashamed of her torn clothes. she got married to a farmer after she passed her 10th class. She was 16 years old, then. Within 3 years, she got two daughters. But her poverty was still with her. She used to work in agricultural fields as a laborer. To make the ends meet, She did many small jobs such as a night school teacher, a librarian, a tailor, and a National Service Volunteer. While doing these jobs, she completed her graduation, BA. Then she g...

Learn English | Stories https://t.me/learnengstory Subhreet Kaur Ghumman is a beautiful girl from Punjab, India. She was a good dancer in her teenage. One day she was going somewhere by bike with her friend. Unexpectedly the bike skidded and both fell down. Her knee was injured. It was a minor fracture. She joined a government hospital for the treatment. The doctors kept her on a bed for 15 days without doing an operation. This was their first mistake. While doing the operation, mistakenly the doctor cut an important vein. It was the second mistake. It started bleeding severely. They stopped the bleeding with a lot of difficulties and postponed the operation. Then infection started in her leg and gradually it spread up to her knee. Finally, the doctors had to amputate her leg. Due to the doctors' negligence, Subhreet lost her leg. To amputate her leg, Subreet had to pay 7 lack rupees (10000 US dollars). It was another burden to her. But Subhreet did not lose her coura...

Ganga Das was a middle-aged man. He was watering the plants in the garden of an International school. Someone shouted at him "Ganga Das, Principal Madam wants to see you -- right now"... He quickly got up, washed and wiped his hands and went towards the Principal's chamber. He was very afraid to know what the wrong thing he did. He was a sincere worker and never did any mistake. He knocked on the door of the principal's room. "Madam, you called me?" He asked "Come inside..." a strong voice came from inside. That voice made him more nervous. The principal wore an expensive suit. She looked rich. She kept a piece of paper on the table. "Read this". she said  "But, Madam, I am an uneducated person. I can not read English. Madam, please forgive me if I have done anything wrong. Give me another chance. I am forever thankful to you for allowing my daughter to study in this school, free of cost... I could have nev...

Lizzie Velásquez was born in America. She is 30 years old now. She was born with a rare genetical syndrome. Only 3 people in the world have this syndrome. Lizzie is one of them. Due to this syndrome, Lizzie cannot gain weight. Her body cannot store fat. She has 0% fat in her body. She has to eat every 15 minutes to stay normal and healthy. Her weight is 64 pounds (29 kgs). She is also visually impaired in the right eye. Since her childhood, people have looked at her differently. In her school, many pupils did not like to build a friendship with her. She did not care. When she was 20 years old, one day she was watching youtube. While watching a video, she saw some suggested videos on the left side. She saw her photo as a Thumbnail (cover photo) on a video. It was her video. She opened that video. The title of that video was "The world's ugliest woman". Four million people have already watched that video. She has read comments. Some of the comments were  “Lizzie p...