Arjuna Awardee and Bharat Kesari Divya Kakran is a renowned name in the wrestling world, with numerous other international winnings including, Commonwealth and Asian games. However, her journey and rise were never as easy as it seems. Her father had to sell langots in the akhara’s and her family relied on her winnings which she used to get by winning various dangals.
After meeting with a terrible accident both of Suyash’s hands had to be amputated, but his will to swim was greater than stop and cry on his fate. With the help and support of his father, he practiced day and night. Now, he is the recipient of Arjuna Award and is the sole Indian Paraswimmer to qualify for the 2016 Paralympic games in Rio.
“A man’s thinking makes him paralyzed, not his physical deformity” Manish was too young and naive to understand the importance of his father’s statement at the time, but when he did understand, there was no stopping him. A physical deformity and several hardships was never enough to stop him from winning 19 National and 17 International medals in just three years.