Year: 2016

Dr Seema Rao The Indian superwoman

Dr Seema Rao – The Indian superwoman who has mastered Jeet-Kune-Do

By LokMarg


BY GORKY BAKSHI 

She is a woman with rare combinations. She can be tough and yet be feminine. Dr Seema Rao has achieved plethora of accomplishments in her life – from being a gold medallist in rock climbing to Mrs World pageant finalist. She is also a seven degree black belt holder to commando trainer. Seema Rao has been giving commando training to various armed forces in India for more than 20 years.

This is the service for which she doesn’t charge the Army. She gives training in combat shooting, fire fighting, scuba diving, critical combat and much more to the army personnel. Very few people mastered Jeet-Kune-Do, a martial art form, founded by Bruce Lee, and it is great to note that Seema Rao is one of them. She teaches jeet-kune do to her  students and is the only female commando trainer in India. Her life is truly an inspiration for many.

Early life

She is the daughter of Professor Ramakant Sinari, who fought for freedom of Goa from Portuguese. She grew up in a family where patriotism ran in her veins. At 48, she looks at her career as an inspiring one. Recalling her past she said: “Like any other child, I too wanted to be a doctor or an engineer in my school days. I was quite weak and bullied in my school.” But her fate took a turn when she got married to Deepak Rao.

“He was into martial arts and introduced me to this field. Initially I took it as a hobby, but slowly it led me to the advance level of adventures.” She also took up courses like mountaineering, rock climbing, tae-kwon-do, knife-fighting and fire-fighting. Today she is master of all these activities.

Hardships and sacrifices

While playing a role of combat trainer she had to sacrifice a lot in her life. With constant interest in combat training she has completed many courses and become only woman instructor in the world who successfully completed Bruce Lee’s art of jeet-kune-do.

“To be a successful person one has to go through a lot of challenges. I missed my father’s funeral because I was busy in an assignment in east India. We have also seen financial hardships,  I had to once sell my necklace to survive. I am so thankful to my husband who stood with me every single second of my life,” said Seema.

She adds: “Once I suffered a severe head injury during an unarmed combat. It was followed by memory loss for five weeks. I could not recognise anyone, except my husband but finally I recovered. “Also, we took a joint decision not to have our biological child because of my combat training. Combat training demands a lot of danger ridden activities that could hurt child in the womb. But, I am so lucky that I could adopt a girl child who lost her parents.”

Success Story

She is a perfect trainer one can understand with this example. She can shoot five rounds into the bulls eye of a very small target held at her husband’s head at 75 yards. She can also duck a live bullet fired from a 9mm pistol aimed at her head. She can shoot five targets within two seconds. Seema and her husband have developed a specific course called Rao’s Method of Reflex Shooting.

They aware armed and unarmed men for commando combat. They have established an Unarmed & Commando Combat Army (UCCA). In this organisation they research and develop modern combat styles and produce training to the forces. Her first Indian books on world terrorism is A Comprehensive Analysis of World Terrorism and Commando Manual of Unarmed Combat’ are available at libraries of FBI, INTERPOL, UN, and SWAT Police the world over.

She has been awarded with many national and international awards in past couple of years. She was awarded with World Peace Award by World Peace Congress, Malaysia for contribution to the country in 2008. US President’s Volunteer Service Award, three Army Chief Citations and Home Minister of India Letter of Commendation in 2009 are few other feathers in her cap. //

Meenakshi Singh: Making the world a better place

By LokMarg


Meenakshi’s ‘Donate an Hour’ not only give education to underprivileged children but also make their parents self-sustainable, so that they won’t be dependent on any other in the future. Meenakshi wants people from all walks of life to come forward and donate some time to educate underprivileged children.

Concept

“Feeding beggars once or twice is not a way to eliminate poverty, but it gives beggar a chance to depend on others for lifetime for food or other basic needs. We make them aware, give them proper sessions and bring them in mainstream society to lead a life of dignity. It is our concept of self sustainable society.”

In Donate an Hour they have categorized concept into two, first children and second for their parents.

“We don’t work as a NGO or hire a teacher to educate them. We search a suitable volunteer from that cluster of slum area. That volunteer works as a teacher for the slum children, and also set an example of self sustainable,” said Meenakshi.

She said that they don’t accept money from anyone, but their time for others.  “We convince parents who don’t send the kids to school. After that we have established a mechanism of giving after school classes to these children with help of our volunteers.  We ask them to donate few hours of their life to make someone’s life.”

In second category, they work on their parents and their social environment. They make their parents aware about their role for a better future of their children. “We organize various workshops on sanitation, health issues and their personal hygiene. Our concept is very clear that it doesn’t matter if they are living in slum, they should not beg or steal. We motivate them, bring many companies to their locality to give them jobs according to their skills also organize many programmes for their skill development.”

Challenges

Many slum children do not go to the school until someone forces their parents to do so. And this is biggest challenge – we need to convince slum parents, who are reluctant to send their children to the school. “Many of the time we have to hear harsh words from these people who don’t like to send their children to the school. But, we try again and again till we don’t get success.

Another challenge is to reduce the number of children dropping out of the school. “Most of these children do not go to the upper classes just because they started earning from small age.”

“We organize after school classes to improve their academic performance better in class and feed them with thoughts of importance of education before work.”

Thirdly, another challenge that Meenakshi and her volunteers face is social refusal and lack of cooperation with government authorities. “For example, in Sector 45 of Gurgaon, we give after school classes in a corner of a park, but residents of these area ask us to leave this space because it spoils the greenery and the posh look of the colony. Apart from that, when we approach local authorities like Municipal Corporation or MLAs for sanitation or any other community work they don’t pay any attention until several letters don’t reach on their tables.”

Future Plan

Meenakshi plans to start a new project of Vidya Mali which will have a tie-up with government schools that lack trained teachers. “We will send our volunteers to these schools to educate then and also distribute stationaries. Most importantly, we don’t pay our volunteers, all of them are working free of cost. We don’t work for money but to develop a sustainable society.”

To volunteer or to donate one can contact Meenakshi @ +91 08587935395 or www.donateanhour.org

Satish Kumar- the man who drove 13,800 km on motorbike with his prosthetic legs

By LokMarg

BY GORKY BAKSHI

It’s all about dreams and a passion to pursue it. For a traveller, measuring the whole world could be the biggest dream, but, for Satish Kumar it was perhaps the only dream. He is a dreamer and a traveller, who as fate would have it-  lost both his legs in an accident. But, he hasn’t stopped chasing his dreams of biking.

Satish Kumar (35) lost both of his legs in a tragic train accident, still intended to travel across country on his bike. Today he is an inspiration for many and has set records for the coming generation. He goes everywhere on his Enfield bullet, driving on his own.

Accident and inspiration

In 2005, he lost both his legs in a fatal train accident. While trying to get down from a moving train, his legs got caught in the gap between train and platform. He was dragged down under the wheels of running train, and his life changed forever.

For the next one year he was in a deep depression, he gave up his dream of biking and travelling at all. He was shattered and was bid ridden, for a long time.

One day, the news a teenager committing suicide over an insignificant issue left a deep impact on his mind. The news shook his mind and he felt that he was also following the same path, he felt that it was nothing less than suicide. That moment he decided not to waste time and his life anymore.

Also Read: Losing legs did not stop Satish Kumar riding 13,800 KM on bike!

Starting a new life

He searched for many ideas and equipments that can help him; finally he came to a decision of getting prosthetic legs. He wanted to pursue his dreams once again; he wanted to ride the bike.

After getting a prosthetic leg, he began with learning scooty and gradually went on the ride a motorcycle. After practicing over three months and gained enough confidence he decided to go on a road trip. In a first week of September he started his journey from Odisha and till date he is measuring Indian roads.

So far, he has covered almost 13,800 kilometres. He has reached West Bengal from Odisha on his own bike with artificial legs. Satish says: “My aim is to create history by making my name enter in the Guinness and Limca books of world records. Ability and disability are just human perceptions. If I can do it, anyone can.”

Recognition

He has not just inspired many emputees to live life on their own terms, but also many artists to work on his life. A prominent film production company recently approached him and decided to make a movie on his life and journey till date. A three minute documentary on his life has made way to the World Nomads Travel Film competition.

Satish is planning to measure the entire country through his bike and he feels a lot of fire inside himself. He says: “I want to climb Mount Everest, and I know I can. I have to prove myself just to inspire the coming generations.”

STOP THE HONKING RAVI KALRA

By LokMarg


The first thing they did was to remove the ‘Horn Please’ signs, a common sight on the rear of most commercial vehicles in India. Those sign boards which they could not remove, they simply used black paint to cover up. “We must have removed or painted over around 10,000 signs,” recalls Kalra. Owners and drivers were not happy to see the activists defacing their vehicles. “I was beaten up several times along with my volunteers.

Some people even lodged complaints against us with the police,” he says. However, the initiative did not have as powerful an impact as he had hoped. Determined not to rest until he made a difference, Kalra decided to coin a few anti-honking slogans that were both educational and powerful.

He also declared January 1 as No-Honking Day and distributed thousands of bumper stickers with the message ‘Do Not Honk!’. Another sticker carried a slogan in Hindi: ‘Kutta bhi bina wajah nahin bhonkta’ (Even a dog does not bark without reason). “It did shame a few into reducing the use of the horn,” he describes. This time he was lucky.

RAVI KALRA Bio-

The campaign caught the attention of national media and the civic authorities such as the New Delhi Municipal Council and Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which decided to back his cause. They put up ‘No Honking’ boards in several parts of the city. “I was really happy the civic authorities had taken note of the initiative, and their move was definitely a good one,” Kalra says.

Background

Belonging to a middle-class family, Kalra was born and brought up in Delhi.His father was an inspector with Delhi Police, so discipline and the importance of adhering to the law were lessons he was taught early in life. After graduating from Delhi University, Kalra, a 4th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, founded the Indian Amateur Taekwondo Federation and offered training programmes to others which included among others, Delhi Police personnel, embassy officials and staff of several corporate institutions and schools in the city.

He also set up a business as a career consultant to those interested in taking up jobs overseas. Although he was doing well in his career, he was passionate about doing something in the realm of social service. “I tried to set up an NGO several times, but was unsuccessful because of the differences that used to crop up among the board members,” he says.

Other Efforts

Ravi Kalra established Earth Saviours Foundation with aim to make some difference in society, a small group of dedicated social workers and volunteers, which included young boys and girls.

They offered him their help and started supporting his projects. He is giving free shelter, basic education and food to beggars, mentally challenged and senior citizens. He has established a camp where poorest people of our society are getting necessary and basic help. Today, more than 20 such elderly are getting free shelter and three time meals who were becoming a somewhat difficult for their own families to support. Ravi Kalra and his team has been giving all their savings to this service since 2010.

RAVI KALRA Address-

“A spirit of caring and sharing is very important and needs to be encouraged for the betterment of our own lives and saving our lovely planet,” Kalra suggests. Anyone interested in helping can contact Ravi Kalra, 34 Green Avenue, Near ‘D’ Block Church, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110 070, India. Mobile: +91-9818171695

Akash Bhardwaj's Khaas-a travel agency managed by visually impaired & acid attack victims

By LokMarg


BY GORKY BAKSHI When others underestimate potential of visually challenged people, this man, Akash Bhardwaj, 32, started a travel company with staff consisting of visually impaired and acid attack victims. Akash started a travel company called Khaas in Delhi, with a perspective to bring these people into mainstream and to empower them. All the telephonic conversations, meeting appointments, presentation making, closing deals and organising groups events are carried out by visually challenged women, at Khaas. Those seeking a job needs to undergo training for  two months. He has given the option to work-from-home, to all those people who have mobility issues and cannot travel.

How he started

He always wanted to do something for the society and that’s what gave an idea to start a travel company. Says Akash Bhardwaj: “In 2015, during Diwali while shopping at Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar, I saw a lady who was partially blind and had acid scars on her face. She was selling balloons and trying very hard to earn single penny. I spoke to her to find out about her hardship.” He further adds: “She said a boy in her locality threw acid on her face and her husband dumped her. He also abandoned two of their kids, so the woman had to look after them as well.

Due to the acid attack, she lost her job as a security-in-charge in a shopping mall. The mall administration fired her because of the scar on her face. I was shocked and but was impressed that she has excellent communication skills and could speak fluently in English.” This incident inspired him to start a company where such people could showcase their potential. He has proved that face value is not only mark of success but your talent and determination is.

How it works

A small office of Khaas, is located on the fourth floor of a building where these women come everyday in proper uniforms. With help of few specifically designed devices they work without external help. “Their work includes searching for perspective clients such as school principals, HR managers, corporate event organizers etc. They write emails and make phone calls to fix appointments. They mutually decide who will go for the meeting either me or any of the employee.

They meet clients and finalize the deals.” Akash explained with an example: “Couple of weeks back, one of our employees was willing to go on a school trip to Qutub Minar with a group of 280 kids as a tour supporter. She closed this deal entirely by herself. The school principal and director were so impressed by her work and they requested us to send her to accompany the children on the tour.”

Feedback

Employees are also happy with their work and working environment. They found themselves satisfied because they earn money and respect. One of the employees, Dipti said: “I am happy to work here, I feel proud while finalizing deals with clients. We have some physical differences as compared with other people, but we have a right to lead a life with dignity.” Akash also feels proud on his employees and willing to introduce more people to the group.

Technology

Employees at Khaas are working on a software JAWS (Job Access With Speech) which allows visually impaired people to read with the aid of text-to-speech output. The staff is adept to use smartphones too, which makes their job easier.

AFTER URI WHAT?

By LokMarg


Burning effigy of Nawaz Shariff
Even if one agrees with the argument that the attack would call the nuclear bluff of Pakistan, the huge cost of war would take both countries several decades back. No doubt Pakistan would suffer the most but India too shall receive a setback in its march towards a developed nation.
Thankfully, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually ruled out this option during his speech at the BJP National Council meeting on Saturday. Instead he challenged Pakistan leaders to a war on poverty and a race for development. At the same time, he has not ruled out any other option that India may exercise to avenge the death of 18 soldiers at Uri.  It is also clear from his first public speech after the Uri attack that the efforts to strike a friendship with Pakistan are over.  After all he had started his term with an invitation to Sharif and other Saarc leaders at his swearing in ceremony and had followed it up with several meetings with him including the surprise landing in Pakistan earlier this year.
It is certain that India is mulling a measured and strong response to the Uri attack. It cannot afford to sit back and take such attacks lying down. The response has to be a right mix of diplomacy, pressing economic levers and addressing the root causes including growth of terrorism and Kashmir. Some of these steps and covert operations cannot be ruled out but that is something which no country can afford to discuss in public.
Modi also indicated in his speech at the internal troubles faced by Pakistan : “Please ask your leaders, you have PoK. You cannot manage it. Bangladesh was yours, you couldn’t manage it. You cannot manage Gilgit, Baltistan, Balochistan, Sindh….”. Together with his reference to Balochistan in his Independence Day speech and the reports of providing asylum to its self exiled leader Brahumdagh Bugti, there are clear pointers to what could be India’s strategy in the future.

Sevenraj's unique obsession with Red & White colour

By LokMarg


About number seven, he is fluent in seven languages – English, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Marathi. His red coloured mobile phone has a number that ends in 007. The number plate of his car reads 7777. He wears a shirt with seven buttons in that. He didn’t stop there – he added one more obsession that is of red and white colour.

He started red and white combination just for the promotion of his business in 1980.  ‘It was nothing but a publicity stunt to promote my new business – a real estate agency named Sevenraj Estate Agency,’ he laughs. ‘Eventually people started noticing me and recognising me by my outfit,’ Sevenraj added. ‘Initially, I didn’t realise that I was getting obsessed; I was just enjoying it. But once I added red shoes to my collection, I started filling my wardrobe with red and white shirts.

From that time I wanted everything red and white,’ he said. His house Red and white combination works for him- it opens with the red and white gate of his red and white painted house in Bangalore, the living room has a red and white sofa and armchairs. The table is red and white, the drapes in red and white checks, except for the television, fan, flower pot, windows, frames and everything is in shades of red and white. Severnraj’s wife Pushpa, who wears red and white sari, said: “I known him from our childhood- he would always be in white clothes. But when he started his business, he added red. I thought it was weird, even irritating.

But when he convinced me I look good in red and white sari, I started enjoying the colour combination.” Sevenraj and Pushpa decorated their house with these two colours only, a red blender in her red and white kitchen, Pushpa says they are constantly looking for products in the two colours to add to their collection. From dining table mats to lighting fixtures, every single thing in the house is in red or white including the toothpaste.

Achievements  

He got named in Limca book of records for his obsessions. Does Pushpa feel embarrassed with his obsessions?  “No, nothing like that. I also enjoy the same, I like his company always and I have become a part of this. It is not an obsession for me it has become a daily routine.”

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Varsha Ved- an incident that changed her life and inspired many for eye donation

By LokMarg


Incident

In 2000, a life-changing experience motivated Varsha Ved to work for visually challenged. She was working as an accountant for more than 15 years with a private firm. “I got infected with conjunctivitis which got cured after initial treatment. I was alright after few days but caught with another related infection,” said Varsha, who was 40 that time. This infection spread fast and affected her cornea adversely. She lost almost 90 percent of her vision, within few days of this infection. Doctors advised her to go for eye transplantation, but she wasn’t aware of transplantation at that time. “That was the first time when I heard about eye transplants. I was really nervous although the doctors had explained the whole process. But my family supported me and gave me the courage to get the surgery done,” she said. Varsha’s family registered her name with Eye Bank Coordination & Research Centre (EBCRC) in Parel, but due to lack of availability she had to wait for two years. Finally, she was called for an eye transplant and she regained vision in one eye. One year later, she called for another surgery, and in 2003, and regained her vision partially.

Determination

“Those two years when I was waiting for a donor made me realise how difficult life becomes for people who cannot see. I had to face several troubles at work and my family life was disrupted too. That was when I thought that I should not let this new life go to waste; that I should use it to help other people,” said Varsha Ved. Varsha decided not to go back to her old profession of being an accountant, and started working with the eye bank in Parel, to spread awareness about eye donations. In 2004, she started working with Rajawadi Hospital for donation programmes carried out by EBCRC. Her job involves counselling people and to encourage them to donate their eyes.

Journey so far

She is 56 years old today, but her determination to inspire people has not changed. She visits one hospital to other-organises seminars, meets people and inspire them for eye donation. “I shared my own experience to help them understand why they should donate their eyes. It gives me immense satisfaction every time someone donates eyes and someone gains vision. It feels like I am paying the debt of the person who donated eyes for me. In a seminar at Rajawadi Hospital about 200 people filled up forms for eye donation.” From that point onwards, Varsha decided to dedicate her life to the cause of eye donations. Till today, she has encouraged over 1,000 people to donate their eyes. In 2014, she started working with four hospitals where she now encourages not just patients, but also the doctors, nurses and the entire hospital staff to donate their eyes.

Achievement

She believes that working for a cause, for someone’s life is biggest achievement for her, “While doing this work, I closely witnessed the pain and problems that people in the world have to face on a daily basis. And it has changed my entire approach and thinking towards work. I realised that God has given us a lot. We should be satisfied with what we have and should work for social causes. My kids were 10-12 years old at that time. They used to come with me to the hospital and they also saw the struggles of people. Today, instead of chasing personal gains, they try and work for social welfare and that makes me happy. That is all my achievement,” she said. There are four hospitals where she remains connected 24×7 via phone and through emails. Whenever any death is reported, she goes and persuades the family for donation and make then follow the procedure. She appeals their family members to donate their eyes and more often than not she is successful. She also encourage people in her locality to take this brave step. One can reach Varsha Ved by writing her an email: ebcrc123@gmail.com

INDIAN SCIENCE COMPETES WITH THE BEST

By LokMarg


By Rajan Suri

With a long history of highs and lows in science in India, the country is beginning to join the leaders of science in the world. Gaining orders to launch 68 foreign satellites with the ambition of gaining further for many hundreds in the future, puts India among the leaders. But India is still lagging in original ideas. It is an area that the Government and leadings scientists should pay attention to.

Unlike many other civilisations in the world, India’s civilisation has never been inimical to science. The Vedas have scientific concepts such as the earth going around the sun. Numbers were known to Indians long before anywhere else. Pythagoras triples were known at least as long as 8th century BC.  The Vedanga Jyotisa is a great book of early astronomy.

Kautalya’s  Arthashastra mentions bridges, dams and road works among other great projects. Earlier works include texts in metallurgy  and architecture. The Sushruta Samhita, the earliest book of systematic science of medicine goes as back as 6th century BC. There are endless examples of Indian civilisation once being a leader in science, medicine and mathematics. It will take books to list some of the great developments of early Indian science and its place in the evolution of science in the world.

Unlike Christian Europe and Islamic Middle East, science has never faced ridicule let alone censor in Indian dharmic traditions. It has coexisted and even integrated well in the dharmic tradition.

But somewhere along history, the people of South Asia lost the instinct for science and the ability to be original. It is common to blame this on colonial rule and to some extent Islamic rule. But that cannot be the entire story. It is true that Indian centres of learning  were not only subdued but even driven to extinction during colonial rule. Colonialism tried to claim all scientific knowledge as the gift of European civilisation. Most colonising Empires try and do that.

But today, there are no such constraints. Indians have proven themselves very capable to being great scientists. They become even greater scientists in leading western institutions of science. But in India, there is still that gaping hole of originality. Once India was creating the ideas of science. Now it lags behind.

It is not enough to blame India being only 70 years old. It is also not enough to blame lack of facilities. Both are lame excuses now. India is not 70 year old. It is thousands of years old. It was merely ruled at times by non Indians. And as for facilities, the country is rich enough to create the facilities. In fact there are plenty of advanced scientific and medical research facilities in India.

The reason lies elsewhere. The question to ask  is why were Indians so fertile in imagination and originality 2000 and 3000 years ago but now. There is no cultural or religious antagonism to science in Indian traditions. So what has gone wrong.

The contract for launching of 68 foreign satellites shows tremendous conviction in Indian science  around the world. Even countries as advanced as USA and UK are among those that have placed launch contracts and development contracts with Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian space agency.

In the last 15 years Antrix has launched 74 foreign satellites. These have included Belgium, Canada, France, Germany and even Israel. They have used India’s advanced Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSV). It is hoping to launch some 2500 satellites in the next decade for countries and private companies. This will include nano satellites and satellites for surveillance and navigation.

Even in the nuclear technology, India is the leader in thorium based research in nuclear energy production. It can export nuclear power reactors.

Indian science is now advanced in every field of science. But India is still not the a trail blazer or originator of ideas. This is an area that the Government needs to put resources in. China on the other hand has invested large resources in science and is leading the world in some areas of science now. India can leave China and even USA behind. History is evidence of the great achievements of Indian science.

Arhan Bagati -This 16-year-old student makes an App for sportspersons attending Rio Paralympics

By LokMarg


By Gorky Bakshi

Rio 2016 Paralympics that are scheduled from September 7 to 18 will have 18 Indian contingents and everyone is hoping to see an exceptional performance by the sportspersons. While most of us expect great performance, but not many can think of an App helping them. But, Arhan Bagati,  a 16-year-old athlete from Gurugram, thought of an innovative idea as he developed a wonderful mobile app to assist the Indian contingent in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The App intends to give technical assistance to the players.
Till date, there was no such technical assistance available for our Para-athletes, while participants from other countries enjoyed these facilities. The app, called ‘InRio’, is loaded with useful information to help participants in moving around easily, get contact details, and much more. This App was recently unveiled by the Delhi lieutenant governor Najee Jung as he highlighted its utility for the Rio Paralympics.

Arhan Bagati History

He is a student of class 12, in a private school in Gurugram. Being an expert in technology, at such a young age, he has been trying to help people with disabilities through technology in his area. Arhan wanted to be a runner himself, but of his commitment to academic curriculum could not focus much on sports.
He has been in talks with the Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) for the past few years, and has been speaking with athletes to understand their problems and needs better. He has recently appointed the Awareness and Impact Ambassador by the PCI to promote the Games.
“My father is a businessman; he helped me a lot to nurture my talent. I convinced my father to fund the expenses of one of the participants this year.” Tapesh Bagati, Arhan’s father will fund one of the Indian para-athletes, this year.
“I started to work with the Paralympics Committee of India (PCI), which needed someone to make an audio-visual. I decided to take up the project,” Arhan explained.

Benefits of the App:

•  Emergency contact details of the Indian embassy.
• Route maps to nearest disabled-friendly kiosks.
• Option to send SOS messages to specific numbers.
• In-built health monitor in which athletes will have to feed in some parameters and they will be able to check their performances.
• Food advice for the athletes.
• Profiles and details of fellow Paralympians for smooth communication.
• Information on restaurants and places to visit.
• List of Disabled-friendly gyms around the present location.
• Language translator.
The app will be updated every four years depending upon the location of a sporting event.  Arhan may visit Rio along with the sports person, to lend his support and help them use the App.  Mr Najeeb Jung and Union Minister of State (IC) for Sports & Youth Affairs, Sarbananda Sonowal were appreciative of the initiative by the young boy.