GURUGRAM: He was left a quadriplegic after a freak twist of fate but that hasn’t stopped Navin Gulia, 45, from operating for, and provoking, underprivileged youngsters. “I never quit. This is what I've taught my students too,” he instructed TOI.
Hailing from a family of military officers, the young Gulia was occupied with becoming a member of the Indian Army. After finishing his schooling, he was decided on for the National Defence Academy, Pune, and underwent four years of tough coaching there and on the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.
On the overall day of coaching, in April 1995, whilst leading his company ‘Sangro’, Gulia crossed an eight-foot ditch and negotiated a zigzag balance beam before working up the stairs of a prime ramp. As he reached the top, he tumbled. So serious was the impact of the autumn that it brought about Gulia’s spinal cord permanent harm, leaving his entire frame paralysed.
As unlucky as this setback was, Gulia, a resident of Sector 14 in Gurugram, was now not going to be deterred. In 2007, following a long length of recovery, he would identify ‘Apni Duniya, Apna Ashiana’, an NGO for underprivileged youngsters. In simply over a decade, this not-for-profit organization has provided loose training to greater than 1,000 girls and boys.
The students are taught at an open faculty in Barhana village, in Jhajjar, the place Gulia is likely one of the lecturers. For him and his NGO, no problem is daunting enough. “Some of the categories are run on roads, in sheds or even in bus stops,” Gulia says. “Right now, I've around 400 youngsters related to me. They are youngsters of daily-wage earners, labourers and migrant labourers who paintings in brick factories and as side road distributors.”
Books, stationery and luggage, as well as foods, are all arranged for by the NGO. “We don’t pay our lecturers — they all are volunteers who wish to do one thing for society. In truth, a few our students also teach in the organisation.” The faculty is affiliated with the Haryana Board, permitting the scholars to compete on equal phrases with others in the state.
Encouragingly, many of Gulia’s students have made a reputation for themselves. “Sunny, who was part of this organisation for the ultimate 12 years, discovered himself a spot in Ramjas College, Delhi. Sunny doesn’t have a hand and a foot, but that didn’t quit him from pursuing his dreams to check,” says Gulia. “He wanted to develop into a doctor but because of his disability, he had to decide out.”
In 2005, Gulia made it to the Limca Book of Records when he become the first person to power non-stop from Delhi to Marsimik La, Ladakh, in a specifically designed car (a Tata Safari), a journey that took him 55 hours. For Gulia, not anything is unimaginable. “Never say, ‘This is not possible’ – paintings to conquer your adversities,” he says.
Hailing from a family of military officers, the young Gulia was occupied with becoming a member of the Indian Army. After finishing his schooling, he was decided on for the National Defence Academy, Pune, and underwent four years of tough coaching there and on the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.
On the overall day of coaching, in April 1995, whilst leading his company ‘Sangro’, Gulia crossed an eight-foot ditch and negotiated a zigzag balance beam before working up the stairs of a prime ramp. As he reached the top, he tumbled. So serious was the impact of the autumn that it brought about Gulia’s spinal cord permanent harm, leaving his entire frame paralysed.
As unlucky as this setback was, Gulia, a resident of Sector 14 in Gurugram, was now not going to be deterred. In 2007, following a long length of recovery, he would identify ‘Apni Duniya, Apna Ashiana’, an NGO for underprivileged youngsters. In simply over a decade, this not-for-profit organization has provided loose training to greater than 1,000 girls and boys.
The students are taught at an open faculty in Barhana village, in Jhajjar, the place Gulia is likely one of the lecturers. For him and his NGO, no problem is daunting enough. “Some of the categories are run on roads, in sheds or even in bus stops,” Gulia says. “Right now, I've around 400 youngsters related to me. They are youngsters of daily-wage earners, labourers and migrant labourers who paintings in brick factories and as side road distributors.”
Books, stationery and luggage, as well as foods, are all arranged for by the NGO. “We don’t pay our lecturers — they all are volunteers who wish to do one thing for society. In truth, a few our students also teach in the organisation.” The faculty is affiliated with the Haryana Board, permitting the scholars to compete on equal phrases with others in the state.
Encouragingly, many of Gulia’s students have made a reputation for themselves. “Sunny, who was part of this organisation for the ultimate 12 years, discovered himself a spot in Ramjas College, Delhi. Sunny doesn’t have a hand and a foot, but that didn’t quit him from pursuing his dreams to check,” says Gulia. “He wanted to develop into a doctor but because of his disability, he had to decide out.”
In 2005, Gulia made it to the Limca Book of Records when he become the first person to power non-stop from Delhi to Marsimik La, Ladakh, in a specifically designed car (a Tata Safari), a journey that took him 55 hours. For Gulia, not anything is unimaginable. “Never say, ‘This is not possible’ – paintings to conquer your adversities,” he says.
An accident cut short his dream, now he helps kids follow theirs
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