Preethi Srinivasan wawona moyo ngati cricketer wodalirika yemwe adatsogolera gulu la cricket la U-19 Tamil Nadu state. Anali katswiri wosambira, wochita bwino kwambiri pa maphunziro, komanso mtsikana yemwe ankasilira anzake komanso makolo awo. Kwa munthu woyenda ngati iyeyo, kusiya zilakolako zake kungakhale chinthu chovuta kwambiri kuchita. Koma pambuyo pa ngozi yowoneka ngati yopanda vuto yomwe idamulepheretsa kuyenda ndikuyenda panjinga ya olumala kwa moyo wake wonse, Srinivasan adayenera kuphunzira zonse zomwe amadziwa ndikuyambanso moyo. Kuchokera kusewera timu ya cricket ya amayi a Tamil Nadu ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zokha mpaka kutaya mayendedwe onse pansi pa khosi lake ali ndi zaka 17, kuchoka pakumva wopanda thandizo pambuyo pa ngoziyo mpaka tsopano kutsogolera gulu ku NGO yake, Soulfree, Srinivasan wabwera kutali. Kupita kwa womenya.
Ndi chiyani chinalimbikitsa chidwi chanu cha cricket? Cricket ikuwoneka kuti ili m'magazi mwanga. Pamene ndinali ndi zaka zinayi zokha, mu 1983, India anaseŵera komaliza kwa Mpikisano wa Padziko Lonse woyamba ndi akatswiri olamulira, West Indies. Mmwenye aliyense anakhala kutsogolo kwa TV ndikuthandizira India. Komabe, mosiyana ndi mmene ndinalili wokonda kwambiri dziko lako, ndinali kuchirikiza gulu la West Indies chifukwa ndinali wokonda kwambiri Sir Viv Richards. Ndinatanganidwa kwambiri ndi masewerawa moti ndinayamba kutentha thupi. Umenewu unali misala yanga ya kiriketi, ndipo posakhalitsa, bambo anga ananditengera ku maphunziro apamwamba kwa mphunzitsi wotchuka P K Dharmalingam. Pamsasa wanga woyamba wachilimwe, ndinali mtsikana ndekha pakati pa anyamata oposa 300 ndipo ndinali bwino nazo. Ndili ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu, ndisanakula mokwanira kuti ndidziwe kuti zinali zovuta kwambiri, ndinali nditapeza kale malo pamasewera 11 a timu ya cricket ya amayi akuluakulu a Tamil Nadu. Patangotsala milungu yochepa kuti ngozi yanga ichitike, ndinali nditalowa m’gulu la asilikali oyang’anira dera la kum’mwera ndipo ndinkaona kuti posachedwapa ndiimira dzikolo.
Munakumana ndi ngozi yomwe inasinthiratu moyo wanu. Kodi mungatiuze za izo? Pa July 11, 1998, ndinapita ku ulendo wapaulendo wokonzedwa ndi koleji yanga ku Pondicherry. Panthawiyo ndinali ndi zaka 17. Pobwerera kuchokera ku Pondicherry, tinaganiza zosewera pamphepete mwa nyanja kwa kanthawi. Ndikusewera m'madzi okwera ntchafu, mafunde oyenda pansi adakokolola mchenga pansi pamiyendo yanga ndipo ndinapunthwa kwa mphindi zingapo ndisanadumphire m'madzi. Nthawi yomwe nkhope yanga idalowa pansi pamadzi ndidamva kunjenjemera koyenda kuchokera kumutu mpaka kumapazi, kundisiya osayenda. Panthawi ina ndinali katswiri wosambira. Anzanga nthawi yomweyo anandikokera panja. Ndinatenga chithandizo changa choyamba, ndinauza omwe anali pafupi kuti akhazikitse msana wanga, ngakhale kuti sindinadziwe zomwe zidandichitikira. Nditafika kuchipatala ku Pondicherry, ogwira ntchitowo adasamba m'manja nthawi yomweyo kuchotsa 'ngozi yangozi', ndikundipatsa cholumikizira pakhosi chopangira odwala matenda a spondylitis, ndikundibwezera ku Chennai. Palibe chithandizo chamankhwala chadzidzidzi chomwe chinalipo kwa ine pafupifupi maola anayi pambuyo pa ngozi yanga. Nditafika ku Chennai, ananditengera ku chipatala cha anthu osiyanasiyana.
Ndindani yemwe wakhala njira yanu yayikulu yothandizira? Makolo anga, mosakayika. Iwo andipatsa mphatso yamtengo wapatali imene ndinalandila m’moyo, yakuti sananditaye mtima. Anapereka moyo wawo mwakachetechete kuti ndikhale ndi ulemu. Tonse atatu tinasamukira ku tauni yaing’ono ya pakachisi ya Tiruvannamalai ku Tamil Nadu. Bambo anga atamwalira mwadzidzidzi ndi matenda a mtima mu 2007, dziko lathu linasokonezeka. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, amayi amandisamalira ali yekha, ndipo akupitiriza kundisamalira. Bambo anga atamwalira, ndinaona kuti palibe vuto, ndipo mu December 2009, ndinaimbira foni mphunzitsi wanga n’kumuuza kuti ngati alipo amene akufuna kundiimbira foni, amupatse nambala yanga. Sindinadikire ngakhale mphindi imodzi, foni inalira nthawi yomweyo. Zinali ngati anzanga sanandiiwale. Pambuyo pa makolo anga, anzanga amafunikira chilichonse kwa ine.
Ngakhale mutakhala ndi chithandizo, muyenera kuti munakumana ndi zovuta zingapo ... Ndakumana ndi zovuta panjira iliyonse. Tinkavutika kupeza otisamalira m’mudzi mwathu, chifukwa ankandiona ngati wolosera zoipa. Nditayesa kulowa nawo kukoleji, adandiuza kuti, kulibe ma elevator kapena ma ramp, osalowa nawo. Nditayamba Soulfree, mabanki sanalole kuti titsegule akaunti chifukwa savomereza zikwangwani ngati siginecha yovomerezeka. Patatha masiku anayi bambo anga atamwalira, mayi anga anadwala matenda a mtima ndipo anafunika kuchitidwa opaleshoni yodutsa malire. Popeza ndinali ndi moyo wobisalira mpaka kufika zaka 18, ndinadzidzimuka mwadzidzidzi kukhala m’malo a wopanga zosankha ndi wopezera ndalama. Ndinasamalira thanzi la amayi anga. Sindinadziwe kalikonse ponena za ndalama za abambo anga kapena momwe timakhalira zachuma. Ndinayenera kuphunzira mofulumira. Pogwiritsa ntchito mapulogalamu otsegulira mawu, ndinayamba kugwira ntchito nthawi zonse monga wolemba pa webusaiti ya mafilimu, zomwe ndikupitirizabe kuchita.
Chinakupangitsani kuti muyambe Soulfree ndi chiyani? Mayi anga atatsala pang’ono kuchitidwa opaleshoni yodutsa, mabwenzi a makolo anga anabwera kwa ine n’kundiuza kuti, Kodi waganizirapo za tsogolo lako? Kodi mudzapulumuka bwanji? Panthawi imeneyo, ndinamva moyo ukutha mwa ine. Sindingathe kulingalira kukhalapo kwanga popanda amayi tsopano; Sindinathe kutero. Amandithandizira pamlingo uliwonse. Pamene tanthauzo lenileni la funsoli lidayamba kulowa mwa ine, komabe, ndinayesera kufufuza malo okhalamo aafupi komanso aatali kwa anthu omwe ali ndi vuto langa. Ndinadabwa kumva kuti ku India konse, kunalibe malo amodzi omwe ali ndi zida zosamalira mkazi yemwe ali ndi vuto langa kwa nthawi yayitali, osachepera pazomwe ndikudziwa. Pamene tinabwerera ku Tiruvannamalai pambuyo pa opaleshoni ya amayi, ndinamva kuti atsikana aŵiri olumala omwe ndimawadziŵa anadzipha mwa kumwa poizoni. Onse anali atsikana olimbikira ntchito; thupi lawo lakumtunda linagwira ntchito bwino, kuwalola kuphika, kuyeretsa ndi kugwira ntchito zambiri zapakhomo. Ngakhale zinali choncho, iwo ankasalidwa ndi mabanja awo. Ndinadabwa kwambiri nditaganiza kuti zinthu zoterezi zikhoza kuchitika. Ndimakhala m'tauni yaing'ono yakachisi, ndipo ngati izi zingachitike m'dziko langa, ndiye kuti ndingathe kulingalira ziwerengero ku India konse. Ndinaganiza zokhala wothandizira kusintha ndipo ndimomwe Soulfree anabadwira.
Kodi Soulfree amathandiza bwanji anthu olumala osiyanasiyana? Zolinga zazikulu za Soulfree ndi kufalitsa chidziwitso chokhudza kuvulala kwa msana ku India ndikuwonetsetsa kuti omwe akukhala ndi matendawa omwe alipo panopa amapatsidwa mwayi wokhala ndi moyo wolemekezeka komanso wopindulitsa. Cholinga chapadera ndi cha amayi, ndipo tadzipereka kuthandiza amayi omwe ali ndi zolemala kwambiri, ngakhale sikunali kuvulala kwa msana. Pulojekiti yamakono yomwe ikugwira ntchito bwino ndi ndondomeko ya mwezi uliwonse yomwe imathandizira omwe ali ndi kuvulala kwakukulu kuchokera kuzinthu zochepa. Amene akuvutika kuti apulumuke tsiku ndi tsiku amapatsidwa `1,000 pamwezi kwa chaka chimodzi. Pali 'ndondomeko yamoyo yodziyimira payokha', komwe timaonetsetsa kuti ufulu wachuma wa opindulawo ukupitilira pogula makina osokera ndi ntchito zina zopezera mbewu. Timapanganso ma drive operekera aku wheelchair; khazikitsani mapulogalamu odziwitsa anthu za kuvulala kwa msana; kupereka chithandizo chamankhwala ndi chithandizo chandalama pazochitika zadzidzidzi; ndikugwirizanitsa anthu omwe ali ndi vuto la msana kudzera m'mayitanidwe amisonkhano kuti atsimikizire kuti akudziwa kuti sali okha.
Kodi mungagawane nawo nkhani zingapo zopambana kuchokera ku Soulfree? Pali zambiri. Mwachitsanzo, Manoj Kumar, yemwe adalandira mendulo ya golide mdziko muno pampikisano wama 200 m wheelchair ku India. Posachedwapa adapambana pa mpikisano wa National Paralympic Championship womwe unachitikira ku Rajasthan mu 2017 ndi 2018. Iye anali mtsogoleri wa boma pamene adabwera ku Soulfree kuti athandizidwe. Ngakhale akukumana ndi zovuta m'moyo, kuphatikiza kusiyidwa ndi makolo ake ndikutumizidwa kukakhala kumalo osamalira odwala, Manoj sanataye chiyembekezo. Pamene ndinalemba za Manoj ndi kufunikira kokweza ndi kupatsa mphamvu othamanga odabwitsa ngati iye, othandizira owolowa manja anabwera kuti athandizidwe. Ndi chithandizo cha Soulfree, pang'onopang'ono adapeza chidaliro chokwanira ndipo tsopano wayamba ulimi. Atabwereketsa malo okwana maekala atatu wakula mpaka matumba 108 a mpunga, ndipo wapeza ndalama zoposa `1,00,000 kutsimikizira kuti anthu opuwala amatha kuthana ndi vuto lililonse ndikupeza zotulukapo zazikulu kudzera mukuyesetsa moona mtima.
Malingaliro ambiri okhudza olumala akadali m'mbuyo ku India. Maganizo anu ndi otani pankhaniyi? Pali mphwayi komanso mphwayi pakati pa anthu aku India pankhani ya olumala. Malingaliro oyambira omwe miyoyo mazana angapo atayika pano ndi apo sizofunikira, akuyenera kusintha. Malamulowa alipo kale oti nyumba zonse za boma kuphatikizapo malo ophunzirira ziziyenda anthu olumala, koma malamulowa sakugwiritsidwa ntchito paliponse. Anthu a ku India ndi atsankho kwambiri moti amene akudwala kale olumala amangotaya mtima n’kusiya. Pokhapokha ngati anthu apanga chisankho chodziwikiratu kutilimbikitsa kukhala ndi moyo ndikukhala mamembala opindulitsa a anthu, kubweretsa kusintha kwakukulu kumakhala kovuta.
Malinga ndi inu, ndi masinthidwe amtundu wanji omwe amafunikira kuti athandize odwala osiyanasiyana kukhala ndi moyo wabwino? Kusintha kwachitukuko monga malo opititsa patsogolo chithandizo chamankhwala, kupezeka kwa olumala ndi kuphatikizidwa kudzera mwa mwayi wofanana m'mbali zonse za moyo, monga maphunziro, ntchito, masewera, ndipo makamaka chofunika kwambiri, kuphatikiza anthu omwe amavomereza ukwati, ndi zina zotero. kusintha kwamalingaliro ndi kawonedwe ka gawo lililonse la anthu ndikofunikira. Makhalidwe monga chifundo, chifundo ndi chikondi ndizofunika kwambiri kuti tisiye moyo wamakanidwe omwe tikukhala nawo masiku ano.
Kodi mungapereke uthenga wanji kwa anthu olumala? Tanthauzo lanu la kulemala ndi chiyani? Ndani ali ndi luso langwiro? Pafupifupi palibe, ndiye kodi tonse ndife olumala mwanjira ina kapena imzake? Mwachitsanzo, mumavala zowonera? Ngati mutero, kodi zikutanthauza kuti ndinu wolumala kapena kuti ndinu otsika kuposa wina aliyense? Palibe amene ali ndi masomphenya abwino amavala magalasi, kotero ngati chinachake sichili bwino pamafunika chipangizo chowonjezera kuti chithetse vutoli. Anthu omwe amagwiritsa ntchito njinga za olumala, mwanjira ina, sali osiyana. Ali ndi vuto, sangathe kuyenda, ndipo mavuto awo angathetsedwe ndi njinga ya olumala. Chifukwa chake, ngati anthu asintha malingaliro awo kuti akhulupirire kuti aliyense ndi wofanana, ndiye kuti amangoyesa kuwonetsetsa kuti aliyense akuphatikizidwa m'gulu lathu.
Kodi mungagawane nawo malingaliro anu pakuphatikizidwa m'magawo onse? Kuti kuphatikizidwa kukhale chizolowezi m'magulu onse a anthu, kulumikizana kuyenera kulowa mkati mwathu tonse. Kukwezedwa kwenikweni kungachitike kokha pamene tonse tidzuka pamodzi. Anthu ndi mabungwe ayenera kutenga udindo wawo wokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu mozama ndikuyankha mavuto omwe ali m'dera lathu. Tsoka ilo, mwina chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu, India yatsala pang'ono kuphatikiza ndikuvomereza kusiyana kwa anthu. Olumala kwambiri nthawi zambiri amasalidwa m'nyumba zawo zomwe, amabisidwa ndikuganiziridwa ngati manyazi ndi katundu. Zinthu zingakhale zoipa tsopano, koma ndikuyembekeza tsogolo labwino chifukwa anthu ambiri abwera kudzandichirikiza posachedwapa.
Kodi zolinga zanu zamtsogolo ndi zotani? Cholinga changa chokha chamtsogolo ndikufalitsa chikondi, kuwala, kuseka ndi chiyembekezo m'dziko londizungulira. Kukhala wothandizira kusintha ndi gwero la mphamvu zabwino muzochitika zilizonse ndi cholinga changa. Ndikuwona kuti iyi ndi dongosolo lovuta komanso lokwaniritsa kuposa zonse. Ponena za Soulfree, kudzipereka kwanga kwa izo ndi kotheratu. Cholinga chake ndikusintha malingaliro omwe alipo okhudza olumala ku India. Zidzafunadi ntchito ya moyo wonse, ndipo zidzapitirira nthawi yaitali ndisanakhalepo.