Inspiration to the world! Wheelchair basketball player Insha Bashir receives Rs 6 lakh assistance from Sports Ministry

News Bharati    04-Jan-2020 11:17:03 AM
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New Delhi, January 4: Wheelchair-basketball player Insha Bashir has received Rs 6 lakh financial assistance under Pt Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons of Sports Ministry of India. 24-year-old Inshah Bashir who is the first woman wheelchair basketball player from Jammu & Kashmir.
 
 

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Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund For Sportspersons (PDUNWFS) was set up in March, 1982 with a view to assisting outstanding Sportspersons of yesteryear, living in indigent circumstances who had brought glory to the Country in sports. 
Inshah was left wheelchair-bound at the age of 15 when she met with an accident that caused a spinal injury. A year earlier, she had diagnosed with a stomach ulcer that led to bleeding when she coughed and was only 14 back then.
 

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Inshah was an avid basketball lover since her childhood days. But what motivated her to take up the sport was witnessing people with disabilities like her playing the sport. She saw this during a visit to the Shafqat Rehabilitation Center in Srinagar and since then she has never looked back. Even though there wasn’t any women’s in the valley, Inshah used to practice with the resources available and often play with the boys’ team. In 2017, Inshah was selected in a team called ‘Rest of India’ at the national level.
 
 
 
“I want to become a ray of hope for those who have accepted disability as their destiny. I want to help bring out their hidden talents and give their will power a boost,” says Insha. 
Inshan currently trains in a camp dedicated to enable specially-abled people to train. She obeys a regular schedule and adheres to a strict diet, delineated by her coach. Besides the afore, she practices basketball daily. She typically begins her day with teaching primary grade students at a school, then promptly visiting the nearby court for her daily training session and practice routine. Following the practice, she returns to the hostel and mentors, counsels and instructs young girls who wish to rise beyond their struggles and play like her.