Category: True Inspirational Stories

Mariyappan Thangavelu

Mariyappan Thangavelu

February 15, 2017 admin 0

Mariyappan Thangavelu says he hardly cries. But the day he left for the Rio Paralympics, he wept. That, he says, was because his mother embraced him and cried. “I cannot stand tears in her eyes. So I began to cry, I felt like I didn’t want to go away from her. She has been everything to me,” he says.






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Deepa Malik

February 15, 2017 admin 0

Malik, 45, has been participating in sports competitions since 2006, and has won 58 gold medals at the national level and 18 at the international level. She’s always loved sports, which for her, is “a lifestyle, a culture”.






Devendra Jhajharia

Devendra Jhajharia

February 15, 2017 admin 0

Jhajharia is the first Indian para athlete to have been conferred in 2012 with Padma Shri, the country’s fourth highest civilian award. He was conferred with Arjuna Award in 2004.






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