SURREAL...

Nobody can guess what is coming next. Who would have thought that one day our small efforts will lead to something so meaningful: a meeting with our very own sports minister!!

Mr. Kiren Rijiju very gracefully appreciated the work of Tribal Youth Sports Society and spoke about how sports could transform India. He also spoke about the impact sports can have on an individuals life .The most amazing part was how comfortable he made us feel!! In today's selfish world when someone like the minister appreciates you , you feel only more motivated to do more good work.

Mrs Radha Rao (coach chattisgarh), Nisha Kashyap(international basketball player) and Mr Pankaj Jain (CMD, Cosco) were also present on this occasion.

Please do visit the Tribal Youth Sports Society . Every small donation counts.

https://www.tribalyouthsportssociety.org

Mr. Kiren Rijiju, Hon'ble Minister of Sports, Government of India, with Radha Rao, Manya Agrawal and Nisha Kashyap

The Indian Express, An English Daily
26/09/2019

Sky is the Limit:Small age,Big Feat by Manya.
Manya a role model for others says Principal,
DPS RK Puram, Delhi
Punjab Kesari, A Hindi Daily, 27/11/2018.

Open Magazine, 14/10/2019

Tribal Girls will be Champions 
Delhi Girl's effort gets them sports facilities, 
Sports Minister Applauds.
Punjab Kesari, Hindi Daily, 26/09/2019

Underprivileged Girls of Chhattisgarh have Talent  but
No Resources: Manya Extends a Helping Hand.
Dainik Bhaskar, Hindi Daily, 30/09/2019

Just keep calm and tread on...

It was heart-breaking for India to see ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) lose contact with the lander of Chandrayaan-2, just minutes before touchdown on the Moon. Although it felt amazing to see the entire nation coming together to support the space agency, after it lost communication with the lander ‘Vikram’ ahead of the touchdown on September 7.

People from all walks of life praised ISRO and its scientists for this achievement. I can’t imagine being in the shoes of one of the team members of that project. However, this kind of incident gives me a perspective on a recent setback in my school life.

I worked really hard for my mid-term exams. Unfortunately, some of them didn’t go up to my expectations (especially some I worked hardest for). I realized the reason that I might be overstretching myself.

And as a result, what I got was less sleep before most of the subjects which hampered my thinking process (especially in subjects like math where a fresh mind is a must). I mean, when I looked at my paper I couldn’t believe I had committed mistakes as silly as those which in turn cost me a lot of marks.

After that, the ‘self-bashing’ session starts which usually begins from regret and frustration and ends with self-doubt and tears. At this time, my mind had maximum tendency to make unreasonable conclusions like – maybe I’m not smart enough, maybe I’m dumb than everyone else, and maybe I’ll never be good enough.

However, it is very important to find your confidence in this kind of situation. Sometimes when you are unable to do something, you realize all the people who truly love you, are the ones that help bring a smile back on your face.

Besides, the sportsperson in me doesn’t know how to stop. Maybe I take rest but not stop. So eventually we just have to get up and get going forward even though it's quite evitable that we’ll fall again.

So I guess having such people around me my entire life that has made me an empathetic person. I know what value a hug or a few words of encouragement can hold at a time of need. If you have such heroes around you too then BE a similar kind of hero for SOMEBODY ELSE.

LOVE — LIVE — CARE

YOU GO GIRL!!

It has been an incredible week for women and for India as a whole. PV Sindhu became the first Indian to clinch the Gold medal at the Badminton World Foundation (BWF) World Championship by defeating the former no 1. Nozomi Okuhara. 

Her dedication and devotion were very much evident throughout the 38 min heart-gripping match. We are all so proud of her. She has made herself a symbol of hard work, dedication, determination, and success by creating history at the championship.

Again, the joy was doubled when the Sports Ministry recommended the six-time World Boxing champion Mary Kom’s name for the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award, making it the first time that a woman athlete’s name has been put forward by the Sports Ministry for the country’s second-highest civilian honor after the Bharat Ratna. However, PV Sindhu was recommended for the Padma Bhushan (the country’s third-highest civilian award).

Moreover, our girls back at Rajnandgaon along with their coach Mr. Rajeshver Rao also made us really proud. They once again emerged victorious at the Junior State Basketball Championship (this being the 15th consecutive year of their victory).

After this, what else can you say except “YOU GO – GIRL”

Let all buds have a taste of blossoming and prosper.

I have always believed in equality and humanity as a whole if I say. This world, the land, the sky, the air, the water, the sun, and the moon all these belong to the whole living being.

Everyone gets benefitted from these mentioned elements. Everyone uses the land to walk, to cultivate, and to corporate, everyone sees the sky, its beauty, the starts and feels relaxed and mesmerized, everyone  inhales the oxygen, feels the aroma of air, everyone drinks the water and uses it in thousands of other works, everyone looks at the sun, waits for it to rise and set, feels its heat in summer and warmth in winter, everyone looks at the moon, loves it and appreciate it, many poetries have been written in its appreciation. All these things belong to the whole world. Everyone has the same amount of right to use it.

There is no boundary to it. However, there are boundaries in many sectors for a group of people who don't have access to education or to any platform where they can showcase their talent and prove to the world that they are also worth something if given chance for the same.

We at Tribal Youth Sports Society do the same. We give platforms, opportunities to the underprivileged tribal girls of Chhattisgarh so that they can move from one place to another and probably to a better place than the earlier. And when a tribal girl develops herself educationally, professionally, economically, and socially than she along with her family and coming generation also develop and bring out themselves out of that chain or that circle where they are judged and discriminated.

Our only objective is to find children having talent in basketball or in sports from the remote tribal areas of Chattisgarh and nurture them by giving them education, accommodation, food, basketball training so that they can bring out the real basket player out of them and participate in the national as well as international level of basketball events.

Come. Let's contribute our part in making this world a place equal for everyone. Let all buds have a taste of blossoming and prosper.

Please visit the Tribal Youth Sports Society . Every small donation counts.

https://www.tribalyouthsportssociety.org/

Hard Road To Victory

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Sweet Summer!

It has been a very hectic and happening summer break but like every time, there was so much fun as well. I visited Rajnandgaon for a week; however, this time things were so much more exciting thanks to Ms. Te’onna Campbell (basketball coach of LA clippers) and Mr. Nair (professional scout from Australia). I actually couldn’t believe them shortlisting 3 girls to take with them to the US.

It’s great that these girls might actually get the chance of attending prestigious colleges on the basis of their game. However, as expected, the shortlisted girls (Nisha, Preeti, and Shanti) were the best of the talent. They have bought laurels to India at international platforms including places like Russia, Glasgow, Romania, etc.

I was talking to these professionals and was not surprised to hear them gush about these dedicated and resilient girls who not only managed to impress them with their advanced skills but also with their ability to comprehend instructions so quickly. This news was so exciting that I just knew deep down that if they finalize the decision to take these girls abroad, I would go to any limit to arrange the required cost of travel and accommodation.

All of us would be on the court by 6 in the morning while I would help the new batch of girls recruited from various districts (including Sarguja, Quondagaon, Ambikapur, etc.) with the basic drills whereas Te’onna would coach the advanced lot. Within fifteen minutes all of us would be sweating.

Being with these renowned coaches and professionals was proved to be very enriching for me as well. I would try to observe some of the advanced techniques and drills that Te’onna instructed to the girls.

After every tiring day, Mr. Nair would keep a fun and games session. It was like a ritual. I remember all of the girls (including me) eagerly waiting for sir to blow that whistle and summon us to explain that day’s fun activity.

Precisely, this camp was full of learning, exploring and moving ahead as an athlete and human as well.

Punjab Kesari, Daily Hindi, 27/11/2018

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My Dream Unleashed

"The dreams in their eyes drew me in. Their eagerness to learn drew me in. Their talent, passion and grit drew me in . Their humility drew me in."

This is my answer to whoever asks me why I started helping in upliftment of tribal girls through basketball. It all started when I was shortlisted for a national basketball camp in Rajnandgaon, Chattisgarh. This was the first time I got the chance to play with the girls in the Chattishgarh team. Even though this national camp consisted of extremely talented players, these girls outshone us all. These well built girls were fast, agile and head-strong. Then I learnt that these girls were actually tribal girls recruited from Naxal affected areas in chattisgarh. 

Mrs. & Mr. Radha Rao have been scouting and nurturing the basketball talent among the tribal girls of Chhattisgarh since last 12 years. They have nurtured lot of girls who were selected at a different age ranging from 11 years to 17 years.

The duo and few other persons would go to different villages in the Naxal belt of Chhattisgarh and select girls who have agility, grit, strength and speed required for the basketball and would bring them to the city of Rajnandgaon. Here, they collaborated with two public school namely Yugantar Public School and DPS, Rajnandgaon, who agreed to sponsor the boarding, lodging and education for 60+ girls each- all free of cost! In turn these girls would practice basketball for 8 hours a day, in addition to their regular curriculum. As per their Progress The girls would play at regional, national EVEN AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. MANY GIRLS WUD ALSO QUALIFY TO BE ADOPTED BY THE SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA. Quite a few of the girls played at the national level and joined GOVERNMENT JOBS under sports quota COMPLETELY TRANSFORMING THEIR & THEIR FAMILIES LIVES. Few of them have been selected by the INTERNATIONAL SCOUTS TOO.

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