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Thursday, 16 May 2013

Insensitive! Handicapped cricket achiever gets cold shoulder in his own state : Gwalior

In another painful story of how our country treats peolple with special requirements, physically challenged cricketer, Gurudas Raut, who has brought many laurels for the country, has got no support in his own state. 
 
 
 
He had put up fine shows in various places, including Pakistan and even with one hand he has proved to be more than handful of a bowler.
 
Unhappy over the treatment meted out to him, he has shifted to Nagpur and has got down to pursue his studies and the handicapped cricket team of the state hs been deprived of the services of a fine player. 

His story is one of running from pillar to post, in search of some support or assurance from the government, which never seemed to come. He has tried to get a job in a government department, but his appeals always fell on deaf ears and this, particularly given the various policies that the so-called welfare state has for the physically challenged.
 
The left arm of this all-rounder of the handicapped team had been amputated from the elbow downwards. 
 
He had come to the state capital in the hope that the government, which spends lakhs on players from other states, will at least, find the resources and have the will to arrange for the studies of a player from its own state. However, running from this government office to that has left him with a worn-out shoe and not a job, as he had hoped for.
 
Gurudas was known to have been talented from his very childhood days. He had also  panache for cricket. However unsteady financial conditions forced him to migrate to Nagpur, to a relative's place inorder to continue his studies.   
 
At Nagpur, he used to participate in cricket matches from the very beginning. He happened to to noticed by the selectors of the handicapped cricket team and was inducted into the team. He did not look back after that and had made fine performances in various places, most notably in Pakistan,in 2012, where he had helped his team to victory.
 
 
Source : Daily Bhaskar , 14th May 2013 

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