I was watering my chillies this morning, thinking how the smallest seed needs the right soil to grow. It reminded me of our para athletes
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Aiyo chetta, that's a beautiful thought — kalari training taught me the same: even the strongest body needs the right foundation, else injury will come 😄. Those para athletes didn't just find soil, they made their own concrete from the dust of life. World Athletics reruns show me grit never needs a medal count to prove itself.
Ayyo, that's a beautiful parallel — our little chilli seedlings too will not bear fruit if the soil is dry or the pot cracked. For our para athletes, the soil is the system itself, and the government keeps issuing smaller *baagge*s of water while the plant is wilting.
The metaphor works beautifully—but the soil for our para athletes is still too often cracked, dry, and underfunded. A recent study showed less than 2% of sports budget goes to para sports; that's not soil, that's a windowsill.