Brave Hearts

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

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A Man of Grit And Determination
This is the story of a person whose luck had never favoured him yet by his sheer indomitable spirit, he always turned the tables of fortune in his favour.
From his childhood, he was very fond of the game of cricket. Twisting his arm, he used to deliver the ball in such a way that the only thing the batsman faced was that his stumps were uprooted and the batsman was clean bowled.
When he was just seven years of age, his right hand suffered a stroke of paralysis. As a result of the disease he could not even move his hand in the beginning. It was only after undergoing a long treatment that he could use his right hand for day to day routine work.
His liking for the game of cricket was so great that he would be prepared to sacrifice anything. During the time his right hand was paralysed and could not be used for bowling, he started keeping wickets. He could use only his left hand for collecting the ball or for throwing it from behind the wickets. This continued for four long years till he attained the age of twelve.
He, then, started playing for the National School of Bangalore where he was a student. While keeping wickets, he used to observe minutely the movements of the hand of the bowler and the spin of the ball, which he delivered. Then he would himself copy the same action behind the wickets. Gradually he started developing a fancy for bowling which he
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