para athletes

While Sitaare Zameen Par sparks a fresh conversation on inclusion, these real-life changemakers have been building a more accessible India for years.

From overcoming life-altering accidents to breaking world records, these athletes embody resilience and determination on the global stage.

Harvinder Singh has been creating history for India since 2018. He won India's first Paralympic medal in archery in 2020, and a gold in 2024!

Despite an intellectual disability, Deepthi Jeevanji became a para-athletics champion, winning multiple gold medals and setting a world record in the 400m T20 category.

Paralympics 2024: After a life-changing accident, Padma Shri Sumit Antil's seven-year journey in javelin throw led him to break world records and claim gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Here's his story.

The exemplary stories of these young women are testimony to the invisible battles won with sheer determination and courage.

The para-athlete who was felicitated at a Delhi stadium on Monday revealed how he is still unemployed and is helping his mother run a paan/gutkha shop.

While the national wheelchair cricket team has 14 players from various states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, the association has 16 state teams under it.

Competing with 3,148 athletes from 97 countries in 21 sports, the Indian squad made the country proud and clinched one gold medal too.

Aditya Mehta met with an accident five years ago. But this did not stop him from following his passion to cycle his way through some of the toughest routes of India. Not only this, he is also helping several para-athletes with technical and personal support. Know more about the wonders he has been doing.