Inspiration
Kuchh Aisa Karke Dikha, Khud Khush Ho Jaye Khuda: Champ Moin Junaidi Dares
A source of inspiration, this young boy has a never-say-die spirit. Though his body does not support him, he wins his way well above us and yet hopes for more!
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
Just read this somewhere and then happened to read about Moin Junaidi. As I read about Moin, it seemed that he had probably already read this one and was definitely much inspired by it.
I’ll tell you why.
Seventeen-year old Moin cannot walk but is a champion swimmer.
Born to blessed parents, father Musthaq Junaisi and Kousar Banu, Moin came in to this world with a rare disease which left him with a zero level of calcium in his bones, Osteogenesis Imperfecta. This disease left him fractured even with a slight pat or a heavy touch. Neither can he stand, nor can he hold. Because of the disease, he had suffered 50 fractures in his first two years of childhood. The doctors, in India or abroad, had failed to give any cause or cure for his disease. Schools too failed him and his parents as no school was ready to take him in. Not losing their hopes, his parents started tutoring him at home … he could read but not write; his tender fingers did not allow him to.
Moin then happened to meet Fairoz Sait, the then MLA of Belgaum, who was impressed by his aptitude and attitude that he immediately gifted a laptop to the child. A laptop made it easy for him to practice typing, thus he could write too.
Then happened what has brought Moin to what he is today … an unexpected meeting with a swimming coach, Umesh Kalghatgi. He offered Moin and his family the unexpected, and the reluctantly accepted his offer. And thus started his training to be a swimmer.
Coming a long distance since then, Moin soon started swimming for more than an hour. And soon was participating in city level competitions, then moved to district-level, then state and then soon he had reached nationals too. Practicing hard, he soon had entered National Paralympics Swimming Competition held in Kolkata, where he went on to win a gold medal.
He has failed complexities and difficulties, though still hopes to live a normal life. Being an Indian, he too couldn’t avoid being a fan of Bollywood and Cricket, thus being in total love with Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He earned himself chances to meet his favorite stars too. And why not!
His next target is to win a gold medal for India in the upcoming Paralympic Games in 2016.
Here’s ScooNews wishing him all the best, supporting him and cheering for him!
Way to go, Moin!