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Once, while
coming back from his office to his home on his bike, he was struck down by a
speeding car. The absence of good
hospitals in Wayand made the good Samaritans admit him in the government hospital. Seeing his desperate condition, his father
and relatives shifted him to a private hospital in Kozhikode, which, alas,
turned out to be a limb-shattering moment for the young man.
He was kept
in ventilator for days and denied surgery for unknown reasons. By then, sensing the gravity of the
situation, his dear ones shifted him to another hospital in Coimbatore. There the doctors broke the story to him that
valuable time has been lost and the only option was to amputate the leg.
After
initial drowning in despair, once he got used to the life without a leg, he
slowly explored what he could do with the remaining limb. From crutches he graduated to walker and with
the aid of that he started re-learning the dance steps. Slowly, he grew in confidence to dance
without the aid of the walker.
Once he
grew in confidence, he made a trip to Himalayas to test his endurance and capabilities. And with that confidence he tried his hand at
wheelchair cricket. Soon he became a key
player in the State wheelchair cricket team. Based on his performances in state-level
tournaments, he has been selected to represent India in a friendly tie with Nepal.
The young
man sinking in the well of despair was able to do all this because of his exceptional
courage.
Binsha
Muhammed (text), Vanitha Online, July 21, 2020 & Naveen Mohan (text),
Mathrubhumi.com, February 17, 2025
