Disability

A teacher, former delivery partner, and now a national silver medallist — Mayabhai Bhammar wears many hats. The Gujarat para athlete won silver at the 23rd Senior National Para Powerlifting Championship 2025–26, strengthening his dream of winning gold for India.

Born with brittle bone disease and denied basic education for most of her childhood, Ruchita Sahukari is today studying journalism from a wheelchair at IIMC. With her parents’ determination and an inclusive campus behind her, she’s already reporting stories, winning awards, and proving what true accessibility can enable.

Yashwant Prabhakar alias Baba Sidhaye played his first Ranji match at 18 and was unstoppable ever since. His son, Pravin remembers the legendary deaf and mute cricketer.

Yunikee is an attempt to reach out to persons with hearing disabilities and help them with jobs, skillset training and more.

Arjuna Awardee Sheetal Devi is a para-archer from Jammu and Kashmir who overcame her phocomelia condition to become the world's first armless female archer. She not only claimed medals at the Para World Archery Championships and the Para Asian Games but also emerged as a symbol of breaking barriers.

Parvinder Chawla was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was in school. By 21, she had to rely on a wheelchair for mobility. Despite the challenges, she nurtured her passion and has travelled solo to 59 countries so far.

From playing basketball in a wheelchair to establishing her own spice business, Sumarty from Kashmir has shattered multiple stereotypes to prove her mettle despite her disability.

Ujjwala Sahane was contemplating ending her life when her daughter had a fall that left her deaf and paralysed. A Bharatnatyam dancer today, this is her story of hope.

With the Indian Sign Language (ISL) being their only tongue to communicate in with their parents, these CODAs, or Children of Deaf Adults, share what it is like to live a day in their lives.

From Chennai’s Writer's Cafe, which hires survivors of abuse, to The Trans Cafe in Mumbai run by transgender people, here are 8 such inclusive cafes you must visit.