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‘Bats eset a, , Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: INCT 2p, , Twenty-one-year-old Jyoti Amge, the smallest woman in the world, laughs easily, and often. Perhaps, from a height of twenty three inches, the world does look 4 bit, funny., , Afflicted with achondroplasia, a form of pituitary dwarfism, 21-year-old Amge, is a bit shorter than her two-year-old nephew and a lad taller than her frameg, Guinness certificate. In fact, Amge, the youngest of five, wasn’t even visible in her, mother’s womb. The doctors thought she wasn’t alive and her mother Ranjana,, who underwent a two hour caesarian operation in her tenth month to birth her,, welcomed her youngest as a blessing. In all of Amge’s birthday pictures in the, album, her height is the same from age three to twenty-one. Kitted out in custom, made frocks and bright red lipstick; with fancy beads lining her permed hair, the, tiny Amge turned heads in Nagpur and became a hit with Hindi news channel crews, that approached her for bytes, any excuse would do, even the elections. Apart from, a cameo in a Mika Singh video, she appeared briefly on the reality show Big Boss 6., “T have always wanted to be an actor,” says Amge. Amge was quick to say yes when, the producers of ‘American Horror Story’ Freak Show contacted her. “They had, seen my interview in a New York daily,” says Amge, who readily agreed to play the, , role of Ma Petite, the miniature sari-and-bindi-clad assistant of a woman., , “In spite of the name the show was not about freaks it was about compassion,” says, , Amge. “What makes the world so interesting in that we are different and some folks, , a little bit odd,” she said. Sadly, Amge’s own home country does not seem to respect, , differences. Amge’s brother complained that unlike the West where “people ask, , permission before clicking a photo,” Indians take her privacy for granted. People, look at her like she’s a wonder, an ajooba and try to get too close to her. I have to, shelter her like a body guard, adds Satish., , Amge’s family members now make up her entourage. They help Amge, who, , suffered an accident in Kashmir that severely fractured her left leg, with everything, , from braiding her hair to carrying her to the wash basin. Be it the nearby mall or a, , trip to China, one or more of them always accompany her., , (a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it using, headings and subheadings. Use recognisable abbreviations and a format, you consider suitable. Also supply a title to it., , (b) Write a summary of the passage using the notes made.