Saturday, 23 December 2017
Monday, 11 December 2017
IPA - Strong Basics Institute Honours Neerja Malik
Dec 11, 2017...
Beautiful time spent with NEERJA MALIK...
She delivered notes on positive attitude towards life which was long way enjoyed by each child in the class....
I m glad to have the presence of such a sweet 💓 personality amongst us this evening.
Really GOD IS GREAT
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Sunday, 8 October 2017
Agni Leadership Centre Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Neerja Malik
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| Anand Nair, Co-founder and Director of AGNI Leadership Centre |
Neerja Malik Speaks at AGNI Leadership Summit for Women Entrepreneurs 2017
A snippet of Ms Neerja Malik's speech after she was conferred with the AGNI Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award.
Neerja Malik signs copies of her Book 'I Inspire' at the AGNI Leadership Business Summit
Neerja Malik received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the AGNI Leadership Business Summit for Women Entrepreneurs. There she signed copies of her book 'I Inspire' for her enthusiastic readers and fans.
Sunday, 20 August 2017
Monday, 1 May 2017
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
A Conqueror’s Guide on How to Beat Cancer
A Conqueror’s Guide on How to Beat Cancer
When cancer struck the first time around, Neerja Malik fought it and survived. When it struck again she decided to fight harder and emerged a conqueror.
Vidya Raja
“I am not a survivor, I am a conqueror,’ says Neerja Malik, as she laughs her hearty, gregarious laugh. If there is one thing that will strike you about this lady, it is her larger-than-life persona and the zest and passion she has for living.
“Let’s start at the very beginning,” I said to her, and as if on cue, she began speaking. There is a certain lilt in her voice that can put to rest any troubled mind. Her story isn’t a fairy tale but it is a tale that must be told.
It was way back in February 1998 that Neerja found the first pea-sized lump in her left breast.
The conqueror - Neerja Malik
As she narrates her story from back then, I cannot help but wonder where she gets the courage to speak so openly. “I was on auto-pilot after being diagnosed. I wasn’t thinking of anything. I knew there would be a surgery, then chemotherapy, followed by radiation. I had met all the doctors and was all set. On the way back home from the hospital I realised I had two lunch meets to attend over the weekend.”
“My husband, Mandeep, called one of our friends from the car and said that lunch would have to cancelled as I was diagnosed with cancer,” she continues. “I hit his shoulder the minute he finished the call and that was when the enormity of it all hit me. I sat there and wept my heart out. By the time I came home I had had a jolly good weep and was in a position to call the second person and cancel lunch on my own.
That wasn’t the first time Neerja had to face a crisis situation. Life has thrown any and everything possible at her – few miscarriages, a still-born, having her uterus removed, and then having to deal with the disease that everyone fears – cancer. And yet when you speak with her, you feel only positive energy.
Just when she thought that life was on track after successfully surviving five years cancer-free, it struck again in 2004. This time in the right breast.
Fighting cancer once makes you a survivor, fighting it twice makes you a conqueror.
The ever smiling - Neerja Malik
The story of how she dealt with it makes it all sound like a breeze. “Since my kids were very young (all of 7 years) when I was diagnosed with cancer for the first time I would constantly be making up stories to cover for my being away.”
Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is an idiom, which she truly lives by. She laughs as she narrates an incident. “The initial few days after chemotherapy are awful. All I did was puke. There was a time when my husband saw me throwing up a worm. The following day the same thing happened in another bathroom. Instead of worrying and brooding about it, I imagined how the two worms would meet in the drainage pipe, become Mr. and Mrs. Worm, and live happily ever after.”
“The second time you were diagnosed with cancer must have been a blow,” I ask. “It was tough. While I knew the drill, the treatment the second time around was far more aggressive leaving me completely drained of energy.” That, however, did not stop her from planning a family get-together at Fish-Cove in Chennai.
“That is what kept me going then,” she says. “I didn’t tell my kids that I would have to go through surgery again since they had their final exams coming up. In fact, a day before the surgery when the nurse handed me a sedative to help me sleep through the night, I refused. I had to stay awake so I could wake my daughter up at 2:30 a.m. to study.”
While her daughter understood the situation, she mentioned how it took a very long time for her son to come to terms with it all. His anger stemmed from the fact that she hid it from them.
Losing hair due to chemotherapy is one of the biggest battles that women face. Once, after an intense treatment session, when Neerja was getting ready to go someplace, she noticed a clump of hair fall off. “To make light of the situation I remember standing in my balcony, plucking it out one by one and blowing it into the air. All the while saying to myself – he loves me, he loves me not.”
Today, Neerja counsels cancer patients and their families. She was instrumental in setting up the counseling unit at Apollo Hospitals. Having gone through cancer and the treatment she has the ability to connect with those who are going through the same. A junior doctor at the hospital once said, “Neerja Malik has gone into places in this hospital where even the air hasn’t.”
She tells her patients to call her at any time of the day or night. “I am available 24/7. Sometimes I can even talk in my sleep, putting the other person completely at ease. This is what keeps me going.”
“Everytime I am able to see a glimmer of a smile or a hope or twinkling eyes, that gives me a high. It makes me feel grateful to God for having given me the chance to do this.” She truly is an inspiration.
“Cancer is merely a word,” she says as we end the interview.
Sunday, 16 April 2017
Friday, 14 April 2017
Neerja Malik is Chief Guest for MAuto Event
It was lovely meeting these Wonderful Women preparing to Embark on their journey towards Employment and Empowerment with Excited Exuberance...
"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."
Heartfelt Congratulations,
Mansoor Ali Khan Mak
, for this awesome endeavor...God is Great...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Neerja Malik Speaks for Suryan FM 93.5
My dearest family and friends...
Navalakshmi Rajkumar
is a sweetheart and someone so very special indeed...And to get to spend an evening with her at Suryan FM 93.5 for the recording of Magalir Mattum, was one of unadulterated fun and laughter...
It was a pleasure meeting Sagar, Harini and Ranjith also...
The warmth and deep respect they have for each other was visibly palpable...
Leading questions were asked and I took her down memory lane, sharing my 19 years of experience as a Cancer Counsellor and discussing the Treasures I have found in my adventurous life and written about in my book "I Inspire"...
Do lookout for the program on Thursday the 23rd of March, 2017, between 1- 3 pm...
Love, prayers and blessings, always...
God is Great...
#NeerjaMalik...
#MyStory...
#IInspire...
#Author...
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Neerja Malik Speaks at Jeevodaya Hospice
My beloved family and friends...
It was an honour to be part of the 25th Year Celebrations of Jeevodaya yesterday, as it's Silver Footprints have touched, uplifted, saved, comforted and even held lovingly, those on their last journey to rest at the Feet of The Almighty God...
And the unbeatable Power, Strength and Energy behind it, from the time of it's conception is the darling Sister Lalitha Teresa...
She has led her band of loving, caring and sharing Sisters with the total support of the passionate and dedicated doctors who have put their body, mind and soul to make this mission... Possible...
The palpable vibrations of love and compassion filled the hall and with the words of wisdom spoken straight from the heart, it was as if we were transported to a place of worship...
God is Great...
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