RASULPUR KALAN (AMRITSAR): Khushbir Kaur's family nonetheless recalls the times when a cowshed was once their home and the country's most sensible racewalker, who received a silver on the 2014 Asian Games, used to sleep on a creaky charpoy.
Due to abject poverty, the family would steadily skip foods a few times a day. From a cowshed, they moved to a crumbling house with a leaky log roof. When it rained, they needed to accommodate their cows inside of the home.
Those hardships are fresh in the minds of 25-year-old Khushbir, now a DSP with Punjab Police, and her mom Jasbir Kaur, citizens of Rasulpur Kalan village in Amristar. "It has been quite a tough journey," Khushbir tells TOI from Bengaluru, the place she is attending a countrywide camp for the upcoming Asian Games.
'We lived stashed with cows in a room'
Khushbir misplaced her father, Balkar Singh, when she was once six. It was once her iron-willed mom, who raised four daughters and a son by sewing garments and promoting milk in within sight villages.
"During the rainy season, my daughters, son, the cows and I all lived in a single room, stashed together," Khushbir's mom Jasbir Kaur says, tears rolling down her eyes. " Hun kisay nu vee pind vicho pucho ki DSP Khushbir day ghar jana hai tae saray tuhanu das daen homosexual (Now ask somebody in the village that you need to go to DSP Khushbir's house, all of them will inform you the place to go)," she provides proudly.
Jasbir was once the family's sole breadwinner after her husband's dying. Khushbir, on the other hand, has taken over the mantle of being the chief of the family after she began profitable medals on the national and global stage. Her mom is not complaining. "It was only after Khushbir started winning medals and awards that we could afford a good meal. And after she won silver in the 20km race walk event at the 2014 Asian Games, we got a cemented roof over our heads," says Jasbir.
Khushbir's two sisters - Harjit Kaur and Karamjit Kaur - are also into sports activities. The 3rd - Dharamjit Kaur - is a sports activities fanatic. Her brother Bikramjit Singh needs to enroll in the Indian Army.
Recalling their days of hardship, Jasbir says, "My husband was once an worker with the state electricity department. But after his dying, my in-laws' family left me to live on with five small children - all on my own. But I didn't lose center, I devoted my lifestyles to raise my kids and encouraged my daughters to check as well as be interested by sports activities.
"We had a couple of cows. I used to sell milk and then sew garments, however the source of revenue was once not sufficient. The academics on the college the place Khushbir and her sisters studied would often help them - with studies as well as college fees."
Khushbir's mom nonetheless has a couple of cows however the decaying, crumbling house has now changed into a contemporary pucca house. Signs of prosperity are visible. "My daughters are my satisfaction. My message to somebody who indulges in feminine infanticide is: Remember, the ladies stored the nation's satisfaction in the last Olympics," she says.
Talking about tricky occasions, Bikramjit says, "I could not invite my buddies to our home because it was once only a unmarried room; and then we had cow dungs stored in that. It was once awkward."
Due to abject poverty, the family would steadily skip foods a few times a day. From a cowshed, they moved to a crumbling house with a leaky log roof. When it rained, they needed to accommodate their cows inside of the home.
Those hardships are fresh in the minds of 25-year-old Khushbir, now a DSP with Punjab Police, and her mom Jasbir Kaur, citizens of Rasulpur Kalan village in Amristar. "It has been quite a tough journey," Khushbir tells TOI from Bengaluru, the place she is attending a countrywide camp for the upcoming Asian Games.
'We lived stashed with cows in a room'
Khushbir misplaced her father, Balkar Singh, when she was once six. It was once her iron-willed mom, who raised four daughters and a son by sewing garments and promoting milk in within sight villages.
"During the rainy season, my daughters, son, the cows and I all lived in a single room, stashed together," Khushbir's mom Jasbir Kaur says, tears rolling down her eyes. " Hun kisay nu vee pind vicho pucho ki DSP Khushbir day ghar jana hai tae saray tuhanu das daen homosexual (Now ask somebody in the village that you need to go to DSP Khushbir's house, all of them will inform you the place to go)," she provides proudly.
Jasbir was once the family's sole breadwinner after her husband's dying. Khushbir, on the other hand, has taken over the mantle of being the chief of the family after she began profitable medals on the national and global stage. Her mom is not complaining. "It was only after Khushbir started winning medals and awards that we could afford a good meal. And after she won silver in the 20km race walk event at the 2014 Asian Games, we got a cemented roof over our heads," says Jasbir.
Khushbir's two sisters - Harjit Kaur and Karamjit Kaur - are also into sports activities. The 3rd - Dharamjit Kaur - is a sports activities fanatic. Her brother Bikramjit Singh needs to enroll in the Indian Army.
Recalling their days of hardship, Jasbir says, "My husband was once an worker with the state electricity department. But after his dying, my in-laws' family left me to live on with five small children - all on my own. But I didn't lose center, I devoted my lifestyles to raise my kids and encouraged my daughters to check as well as be interested by sports activities.
"We had a couple of cows. I used to sell milk and then sew garments, however the source of revenue was once not sufficient. The academics on the college the place Khushbir and her sisters studied would often help them - with studies as well as college fees."
Khushbir's mom nonetheless has a couple of cows however the decaying, crumbling house has now changed into a contemporary pucca house. Signs of prosperity are visible. "My daughters are my satisfaction. My message to somebody who indulges in feminine infanticide is: Remember, the ladies stored the nation's satisfaction in the last Olympics," she says.
Talking about tricky occasions, Bikramjit says, "I could not invite my buddies to our home because it was once only a unmarried room; and then we had cow dungs stored in that. It was once awkward."
Such a long walk: From living in cowshed to Asiad medallist
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Reviewed by Kailash
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August 11, 2018
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