Brave Hearts

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Eye Care Foundation

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The Bravest of The Brave
the table with one hand and would play the ball with the other, although this contrivance also restricted his movements Even then he did not lose heart. He began to learn different ways in which the game could be played and started practising hard day after day. By playing just with one hand, Yogesh would tire out his opponent.
Ultimately, his efforts bore fruit. In the year 1964, the · Mysore
Table-tennis Association organised a doubles' match. In a doubles match, two participants on each side play the game as partners. Yogesh decided to participate in the event with Uday Gurjar as his partner. He astonished the spectators when they won the match. Thereafter, he recorded many such victories.
Today Yogesh Gandhi Yogesh Gandhi plays the game so well that the spectators would not even realise that he is a physically challenged player and that his legs are afflicted with polio.
Such are the fruits of determination and hard work.
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