'Music has helped me regain some of my identity'

A year ago Ripu Bhatia, a young New Zealander, was studying journalism in Sydney, Australia. Then he got a form of meningitis so severe that he ended up losing his arms, his legs and parts of his face. He's told BBC Newsday how playing the guitar and the piano is now helping him cope with his traumatic life.

(Picture: Ripu Bhatia playing blues on his guitar. Credit: Satvinder Bhatia)