Lucknow, April 26 -- Defeating impairment, Nandram has scripted an inspiring chapter on self-belief and perseverance, writing his UP Board Class 10 exam by using his lips to hold a pen and passing with 59.5% marks.

The success of the 21-year-old student of Sai Balaji Inter College in Hardoi has quelled the anxiety that his parents may have had about his future when Nandram was born with a deformity in all his limbs.

"I could have received a scribe for my examination from the authorities, but it was my determination to prove myself that made me take the examination all by myself. When you are born with a difficulty, you must practise in such a way that your hard work defeats your destiny," he said.

About eight years back, he somehow man...