Tushar Patel, a 43-year-old from Ambaliyara village in Kapadvanj, is the former Fiber network leader of a private enterprise in the Saurashtra and Kutch area who has chosen natural farming after overcoming vocal cord cancer. Tushar Patel has started cultivating watermelons this year on rented property in Mirapur village utilising natural farming.
Patel feels lucky and blessed to have survived the fourth stage of voice cancer. "There are several alterations in my body as a result of the vocal chord surgery. "A hole is placed in the neck to breathe; I don't even receive any type of odour anymore, and I have to use a machine to talk because my voice box has been removed," Tushar explains.
Author-Dr.Aishwarya Nair