"'Where there is a will there's a way!' The National Paralympic Swimming Champion Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu and her parents embody this proverb aptly. Swimming Against the Tide is an inspirational story about an ordinary woman with extraordinary grit who set out to create a fair and inclusive world for the disabled. When she was seven months old, a massive polio attack left Madhavi paralyzed below the shoulder. But her parents refused to leave her to her fate. With their most powerful wealth-patience and love-they gave Madhavi the wings to conquer the world on her own terms. Triumphing over a near-death situation with hydrotherapy, she eventually became a National Champion in Paralympic Swimming. She then started a movement called 'Yes We Too Can' and co-opted other disabled athletes to realize their dreams through access to sports. Banker, public speaker and National Para Swimming Champion with 30 medals for swimming at the state and national level, co-founder of the Paralympic Swimming Association of Tamil Nadu, the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India and more, behind this stellar list of accolades is the story of a young girl from a sleepy little village who dared to dream and challenge her circumstances, determined to surge through 'disability', emerging a winner and an inspiration to many. Sports, like music, has the power to break barriers, to unite, to build, to inspire, to go where nobody has gone before. Madhavi Latha's life is a testimony to this and more. -A. R. Rahman, Grammy and Academy Award Winniian Musician Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu is the Founder President of Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India"-- Provided by publisher.