Preethi Srinivasan akaona hupenyu semutambi wekiriketi anovimbisa akabata U-19 Tamil Nadu state cricket timu. Aive shasha yekutuhwina, shasha pazvidzidzo zvechikoro, uye musikana aiyemurwa nevezera rake nevabereki vavo zvakafanana. Kune aienda kunotora saiye, kusiya zvishuwo zvake zvingave zvaive chinhu chakaomesesa kuita. Asi mushure metsaona yaiita senge isingakuvadzi yakamutorera kugona kufamba ndokumuisa pawiricheya kweupenyu hwake hwese, Srinivasan aifanira kudzidzira zvese zvaaiziva ndokutanga hupenyu patsva. Kubva pakutambira timu yekiriketi yevakadzi veTamil Nadu aine makore masere kusvika pakurasikirwa nekufamba kwese pazasi pemutsipa wake pazera re17, kubva pakunzwa kupererwa zvachose mushure metsaona kusvika parizvino kutungamira timu paNGO yake, Soulfree, Srinivasan yasvika kure. Kumurwi.
Chii chakakurudzira chido chako chekiriketi?
Cricket inoita kunge iri muropa rangu. Pandaingova nemakore mana, muna 1983, India yakatamba fainari yayo yokutanga yeNdebe yeNyika neshasha dzaitonga, West Indies. MuIndia wese akagara kumberi kweterevhizheni achitsigira India. Mukupesana nokudisa kwangu kukuru, zvisinei, ndakanga ndichitsigira West Indies nemhaka yokuti ndaiva muteveri anoshingaira waSir Viv Richards. Ndakanyura zvikuru mumutambo wacho zvokuti ndakatanga kupisa muviri. Ndiko kwaiva kupengera kwangu kiriketi, uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho, baba vangu vakandiendesa kunorovedzwa kuchikoro nomurairidzi ane mukurumbira mukuru P K Dharmalingam. Pamusasa wangu wekutanga wechirimo, ndini ndega musikana pakati pevakomana vanopfuura mazana matatu uye ndakanga ndakanyatsonaka nazvo. Pamakore masere, ndisati ndakura zvakakwana kuziva kuti chakanga chiri chinhu chikuru, ndakanga ndatowana nzvimbo mukutamba 11 kwechikwata chekiriketi chevakadzi cheTamil Nadu chepamusoro. Kwangosara mavhiki mashoma kuti tsaona yangu isati yasvika, ndakanga ndapinda muchikwata chemauto ekumaodzanyemba uye ndainzwa sokuti ndaizomiririra nyika nokukurumidza.
Wakasangana netsaona yakachinja zvachose mararamiro ako. Unogona here kutiudza nezvazvo?
Pana July 11, 1998, ndakaenda kurwendo rwakarongwa nekoreji yangu kuPondicherry. Ndaiva nemakore 17 panguva iyoyo. Pataidzoka kubva kuPondicherry, takasarudza kumbotamba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa kwekanguva. Ndichiri kutamba mumvura yakakwira chidya, masaisai aidzika akasuka jecha raiva pasi petsoka dzangu uye ndakagumburwa kwemafiti mashoma ndisati ndanyura mumvura. Nguva yakapinda chiso changu pasi pemvura ndakanzwa kuvhunduka-vhunduka kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka, kwakandisiya ndisisakwanise kufamba. Ndakanga ndave shasha yekutuhwina pane imwe nguva. Shamwari dzangu dzakabva dzandikwevera panze. Ndakatora rubatsiro rwangu pachangu, ndakaudza vaiva pedyo kuti vaifanira kudzikamisa musana wangu, kunyange zvazvo ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti chii chaizvo chakanga chaitika kwandiri. Pandakasvika kuchipatara muPondicherry, vashandi vakabva vageza maoko avo kubva pa 'nyaya yetsaona', vachindipa simbi yemutsipa inoitirwa varwere ve spondylitis, uye vakandidzosera kuChennai. Hapana emergency medical aid yaive yavepo kwandiri kweanoda kusvika maawa mana mushure metsaona yangu. Ndichisvika paChenai ndakaendeswa kuchipatara chemhando dzakasiyana siyana.
Wakararama sei?
Handina kuzomborarama zvakanaka. Ndakatadza kushivirira maonero andaiita vanhu, saka ndakaramba kubva pamba kwemakore maviri. Ndaisada kuita rutivi munyika yaindiramba nokuda kwechimwe chinhu chandakanga ndisingagoni kudzora. Saka zvakadini kana ndaigona kuita zvishoma, ndiri munhu mumwe chete mukati, murwi mumwe chete, shasha imwe chete—saka nei ndaibatwa sendakundikana? Ndakatadza kunzwisisa. Saka ndakaedza kuzvivharira panze. Rwaiva rudo rusina magumo rwevabereki vangu rwakandibudisa zvishoma nezvishoma uye rwakandipa kunzwisisa kwakadzama kwehupenyu.
Ndiani anga ari system yako huru yekutsigira?
Vabereki vangu, pasina mubvunzo. Vakandipa chipo chinokosha zvikuru chandakawana muupenyu—kuti havana kumbokanda mapfumo pasi nokuda kwangu. Vakasiya upenyu hwavo chinyararire kuti ndigare ndine chiremerera. Tose tiri vatatu takatamira kutaundi duku retemberi reTiruvannamalai muTamil Nadu. Baba vangu pavakangoerekana vashaya nechirwere chemwoyo muna 2007, nyika yedu yakaparara. Kubva ipapo, amai vangu vave vachindichengeta vari voga, izvo zvavari kuramba vachiita. Mushure mekufa kwababa vangu, ndakanzwa kushayiwa kukuru, uye muna Zvita 2009, ndakafonera murairidzi wangu ndikamuudza kuti kana paine anga achiri kuda kundibata, aigona kuvapa nhamba yangu. Handina kuzombomira kana miniti, foni yakabva yarira. Zvaiita sokuti shamwari dzangu dzakanga dzisina kumbondikanganwa. Pashure pevabereki vangu, shamwari dzangu dzinoreva chinhu chiri chose kwandiri.
Kunyangwe uine rutsigiro, unofanirwa kunge wakatarisana nematambudziko akati wandei…
Ndakasangana nematambudziko nhanho dzese dzenzira. Takanetseka kuwana vachengeti mumusha medu, nokuti vaindiona seshura. Pandakaedza kujoinha koreji, ndakaudzwa kuti, Hapana ma elevator kana marambi, usajoinise. Pandakatanga Soulfree, mabhangi haana kutitendera kuti tivhure account nekuti haabvume zvigunwe sesiginicha inoshanda. Kwapera mazuva mana baba vangu vashaya, amai vangu vakabatwa nechirwere chemwoyo uye vakazoda kuvhiyiwa. Sezvo ndakanga ndararama upenyu hwakachengeteka kusvikira pazera ramakore 18, ndakakatyamadzwa kamwe kamwe kugadzwa mubasa romuiti wezvisarudzo nomuriritiri. Ndakatora basa rehutano hwaamai vangu. Ini hapana chandaiziva nezvemainvestments ababa vangu kana chinzvimbo chedu chemari. Ndaifanira kudzidza nekuchimbidza. Nekushandisa kwekutaura kwakagadziriswa software, ndakatanga kushanda nguva yakazara semunyori wewebhusaiti-yakavakirwa pabhaisikopo, izvo zvandichiri kuramba ndichiita.
Chii chakaita kuti utange Soulfree?
Amai vangu pavakanga vava kuda kuvhiyiwa, shamwari dzevabereki vangu dzakauya kwandiri ndokuti, Wambofunga nezveramangwana rako here? Uchararama sei? Panguva iyoyo ndakanzwa hupenyu huchipera mandiri. Handigoni kufungidzira kuvapo kwangu pasina amai vangu zvino; Ndakatadza kuzviita ipapo. Anonditsigira padanho rega rega. Apo kukosha kwekuita kwemubvunzo kwakatanga kupinda mukati mangu, zvisinei, ndakaedza kutsvaga nzvimbo dzekugara kwenguva pfupi uye kwenguva refu kune vanhu vari mumamiriro angu. Ndakakatyamadzwa kuziva kuti muIndia yese, pakanga pasina kana nzvimbo imwechete yakashongedzerwa kuchengeta mukadzi aive mumamiriro angu kwenguva refu, zvirinani neruzivo rwangu. Patakadzokera kuTiruvannamalai pashure pokuvhiyiwa kwaamai vangu, ndakaziva kuti vasikana vaviri vaiva nezvirema vandaiziva vakanga vazviuraya nokunwa muchetura. Vose vakanga vari vasikana vaishanda nesimba; muviri wavo wepamusoro wakashanda zvakanaka, uchivabvumira kubika, kuchenesa uye kuita mabasa akawanda epamba. Pasinei neizvi, vakarambwa nemhuri dzavo. Ndakarohwa nehana ndichifunga kuti zvinhu zvakadai zvinogona kuitika. Ini ndinogara mutaundi diki retemberi, uye kana izvi zvichigona kuitika munyika yangu, ipapo ndinogona kufungidzira nhamba muIndia yese. Ndakasarudza kuve mumiriri weshanduko uye ndozvakazvarwa Soulfree.
Ndedzipi nzira iyo Soulfree inobatsira vanhu vakasiyana-siyana?
Zvinangwa zvikuru zveSoulfree ndezvekuparadzira ruzivo pamusoro pekukuvara kwepelinha muIndia uye kuona kuti avo vanorarama nechirwere ichi chisingarapiki vanopiwa mukana wekutungamirira hupenyu hunoremekedzwa uye hune chinangwa. Chakanyanya kutariswa chiri pavakadzi, uye isu takazvipira kutsigira vakadzi vakaremara zvakanyanya, kunyangwe kusiri musana-tambo kukuvara. Iro purojekiti yemazuva ano iri kushanda zvakanaka ndiyo purogiramu yemwedzi yemwedzi inotsigira avo vane kukuvara kwepamusoro-soro kubva kumagariro ane mari shoma. Avo vari kutamburira kurarama kwezuva nezuva vanopihwa `1,000 pamwedzi kwenguva yegore rimwe. Pane ‘independent living programme’, apo tinoona kuti kuzvimirira kwemari yevanobatsirwa kuenderera mberi kuburikidza nekutenga michina yekusona nemamwe mabasa emari yembeu. Isu tinorongawo madhiraivha ekupa mawiricheya; kuita zvirongwa zvekuzivisa kukuvara kwemusana; kupa kugadziriswa kwezvehutano uye rubatsiro rwemari kune maitiro ekurapa kwekukurumidzira; uye batanidza vanhu vane spinal-cord kukuvara kuburikidza nekufona kwemusangano kuona kuti vanoziva kuti havasi vega.
Unogona kugovera nyaya shoma dzebudiriro kubva kuSoulfree?
Kune dzakawanda. Tora semuenzaniso, Manoj Kumar, akahwina menduru yegoridhe yenyika mumutambo we200 m wiricheya mujaho kuIndia. Achangobva kuhwina paNational Paralympic Championship yakaitirwa muRajasthan muna 2017 uye muna 2018. Akanga ari mhare yehurumende paakauya kuSoulfree kuzobatsirwa. Kunyangwe akatarisana nematambudziko anoshamisa muhupenyu, anosanganisira kusiiwa nevabereki vake uye kuendeswa kunogara munzvimbo inochengeterwa varwere, Manoj haana kumborasa tariro. Pandakanyora nezveManoj uye kudiwa kwekusimudzira uye kupa simba vanoshamisa para-vatambi vakaita saiye, vatsigiri vane rupo vakauya mberi kuti vabatsirwe. Nerutsigiro rwaSoulfree, zvishoma nezvishoma akawana chivimbo chakakwana uye zvino atora kurima. Mushure mekurenda maeka matatu emunda akakura semasaga 108 emupunga, uye akawana mari inodarika `1,00,000 zvichiratidza kuti vakaremara mitezo vanogona kukunda dambudziko ripi neripi uye kuwana mibairo mikuru kuburikidza nekuedza kwechokwadi.
Mafungiro akajairwa pamusoro pekuremara achiri kumashure muIndia. Ndedzipi pfungwa dzako pane izvi?
Kune kusava nehanya kwakajairwa uye kusakendenga munzanga yeIndia pamusoro pehurema. Mafungiro ekuti mazana mashoma ezviuru ehupenyu akarasika pano uye uko haana kukosha, anoda kuchinja. Mitemo yatovepo yekuti zvivakwa zvese zveveruzhinji kusanganisira zvikoro zvedzidzo zvinge zvichifambiswa newiricheya, asi mitemo iyi haisi kutevedzwa kwese kwese. Nzanga yeIndia ine rusarura zvokuti avo vari kutotambura nokuremara mumuviri vanongoputsika ndokukanda mapfumo pasi. Kunze kwekunge nzanga yakaita sarudzo yekuziva kutikurudzira kurarama hupenyu hwedu uye kuva nhengo dzinobudirira munharaunda, kuunza shanduko yakakosha kwakaoma.
Sekutaura kwenyu, ndedzipi shanduko dzinodiwa kubatsira vakaremara vakasiyana-siyana kurarama hupenyu huri nani?
Kuchinja kwezvivako zvakadai sezvivakwa zvakavandudzwa zvekugadzirisa kurapwa, kuwanikwa kwewiricheya uye kubatanidzwa kuburikidza nemikana yakaenzana mune zvose zvehupenyu, sedzidzo, basa, mitambo, uye zvichida kunyanya kukosha, kubatanidzwa kwevanhu vanobvuma kuroorana, nezvimwewo. shanduko mumaitiro ekufunga uye maonero echikamu chega chega chenzanga inodiwa. Hunhu hwakaita setsitsi, tsitsi nerudo zvakakosha kuti tibvise hupenyu hwemuchina hwatinorarama nhasi.
Ndeipi meseji yaungapa kuvanhu nezve hurema?
Ndeipi tsanangudzo yako yehurema? Ndiani ane mano akakwana? Anenge pasina munhu, saka hatisi isu tese takanyanya kuremara munzira imwe kana imwe? Somuenzaniso, unopfeka magirazi here? Kana ukadaro, zvinoreva here kuti wakaremara kana kuti neimwe nzira nzvimbo yakaderera kupfuura chero ani zvake? Hapana ane muono wakakwana anopfeka magirazi, saka kana chimwe chinhu chisina kukwana chinoda imwe mudziyo kugadzirisa dambudziko. Vanhu vanoshandisa mawiricheya, neimwe nzira, havana kusiyana. Vane dambudziko, havakwanisi kufamba, uye matambudziko avo anogona kugadziriswa newiricheya. Saka, kana vanhu vakachinja maonero avo kuti vatende kuti munhu wese akafanana, vanozoedza kuona kuti munhu wese anosanganisirwa munharaunda yedu.
Unogona here kugovera pfungwa dzako pamusoro pekubatanidzwa kumativi ese?
Kuti kubatanidzwa kuve muitiro munzvimbo dzese munharaunda, pfungwa yekubatana inofanirwa kupinda mukati medu tese. Kusimudzirwa kwechokwadi kunogona kuitika chete kana tose tasimuka pamwechete. Vanhu nemasangano vanofanirwa kutora mitoro yavo yemagariro zvakakomba uye nekuzvidavirira kumatambudziko ari munharaunda yedu. Nehurombo, pamwe nekuda kwehuwandu hwevanhu, India iri kuramba ichisanganisira uye kugamuchira misiyano muvanhu. Avo vane hurema hwakakomba kazhinji kazhinji vanoitwa chiseko mukati memisha yavo vamene, vanochengetwa vakahwanda ndokurangarirwa soruzvidzo nomutoro. Zvinhu zvingangoshata iye zvino, asi ndinovimba ramangwana rakajeka nekuti vanhu vakawanda vauya kuzonditsigira munguva pfupi yapfuura.
Ndezvipi zvirongwa zvako zveramangwana?
Chirongwa changu cheramangwana ndechekuparadzira rudo, chiedza, kuseka uye tariro munyika yakandipoteredza. Kuve mumiriri wekuchinja uye sosi yesimba rakanaka mune chero mamiriro ndicho chinangwa changu. Ndinoona ichi chiri chirongwa chinonetsa uye chinogutsa pane ese. Nezve Soulfree ine chekuita, kuzvipira kwangu kwazviri ndeyechokwadi. Chinangwa ndechekusandura maonero aripo pamusoro pekuremara muIndia. Zvichada zvehupenyu hwese basa, uye zvichaenderera mberi mushure mekunge ndisipo.
