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where one can come in the top three in the Paralympics. Committee’s motto is ‘Healthy World and Friendly World’,
Everyone started asking me how this could happen. So so with this thinking in mind, I do my work as a coach
I told them that India is a country of 140 crore people. but my work is not that of a coach. I am a professor at
Out of which 3% are disabled. Out of this 3%, 60% are Delhi University. I teach, and have been doing this work
youth because, in India, rash driving, education failure, of a coach voluntarily for the last eighteen years. And
love failure, suicide, and accidents all happen between I believe that in the coming time - I am speaking today
18 and 25 years. So if we start sports from there along - we are going to do so well in the Paris Olympics and
with rehab after the major injury, we can come in the top Paralympics. We will bring 30 medals to the Paralympics.
three in the world. So this is the power of para-sports. As And hopefully, in the coming time, schools like Modern
our International Olympic Committee and Paralympic School will provide great facilities for basketball,
swimming pool, fencing, and archery,
if every school and college supports
this much, then coaches like us will
not have to look for talent. And we can
come in the top three in the Olympics.
Please, I request everyone to support
Paralympics along with cricket and
the Paralympics is going to do very
well. Many organizations are working
on this. Like ‘Swayam’, whenever we
need help with our accessibility, the
people of ‘Swayam’ help us a lot. And I
urge everyone to support Paralympics
just as we do cricket and in the coming
time we will show you the results and
you will see the name of India rising
even higher in the world. Thank you!

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