Tilak Tharu was an ardent football player as a child. But at 19, Tharu was left immobile with a broken spine after an injury,. “My father blames football for my disability. He says it’s the reason that I am on a wheelchair” stated the 25-year-old Tharu.
However, despite his disability, Tharu made a switch to basketball a year ago. He had been receiving training at the spinal rehab center until he shifted to Kathmandu a few weeks back. He still continues his training in the capital too. But alongside basketball, Tharu is also learning to carve bamboos sticls into artistic household materials.
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Hoping for better days, Tharu stated, “We can’t reverse time, but I have not lost my strength. In Kathmandu, I met many others like myself. Their company gave me the strength to move ahead.”
