Books Where Padma Shri Murlikant Sir Is Featured
Boys Will Be Boys
Author: Aparna Jain
‘Chotu, get me a glass of thandai.
Ten-year-old Murli was grinding dry fruit to add to milk. Wrestling was the major sport in Murli’s village. Being the youngest at the akhada, he was tasked with making the chilled drink. In return, he got to learn wrestling from his guru, Ganpat Rao Khedkar and drink thandai. Soon, he was strong and muscular himself.
Courage Beyond Compare
Author: Medini Sharma, Sanjay sharma
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) Southern Command was a sportsman himself and was very happy with the national titles Murli had won for his Command. As a reward he asked Murli if he wanted to go on a trip sponsored by the army. I had not taken any leave from the day I had joined. So he asked me if I wanted to visit any place in India and immediately I said, ‘Sir, please send me to visit Kashmir. This one decision was to change Murli’s life yet again totally and in a most dramatic fashion.
Pravas Vadali Divyancha
Author: Sharda Gaikwad
सन १९६९ मध्ये इंग्लंडमध्ये आयोजित पहिल्या आंतर राष्ट्रीय पॅराऑलम्पिक प्रतियोगीतेमध्ये मुरलीकांत यांना देशाचे ५० मीटर फ्री स्टाईल स्विमिंग तथा शॉटपुट मध्ये प्रतिनिधित्व करण्याची संधी मिळाली. विदेशी भूमीवरील भारतीयांनी एअरपोर्ट पासून स्टेडियम पर्यंत जोरदार स्वागत केले. उत्साह वाढवला. मुरलीकांत हे पहिले भारतीय होते ज्यांना पॅरालिंपिक खेळात सुवर्णपदक मिळाले. हा चमत्कार पोहण्यामुळेच झाला. त्यांनी व्हिलचेअरवर बसून एका सैनिकासारखा तिरंग्याला सलाम केला. जेव्हा राष्ट्रगीत झाले. भारतीय ध्वज हवेत फडकला तेव्हा त्यांनी आपल्या अश्रूंना वाट करून दिली. सगळ्यांच्याच अंगावर रोमांच आले होते. पहिल्या राणी एलिझाबेथ यांनी त्यांना आपल्या हाताने मेडल घातले आणि अपंगत्वाबद्दल विस्ताराने विचारले. त्यांनाही ऐकून धन्य वाटले.
Go India's Sporting Transformation
Author: Nandan Kamath, Aparna Ramchandran
I was stunned to read that Farman Basha defeated able bodied athletes in powerlifting and that the federation passed a rule which then prohibited the differently abled from competing against so-called ‘normal’ lifters. I would have thought that vice versa would have been the rule. And this pint-sized Hercules has never lost in the Indian Nationals in the last twenty years, has been ranked fourth and fifth in two Paralympics, is the Asian champion and has been awarded the Arjuna Award-but our society could not even offer him a job!
Sankalp Se Siddhi Tak
Author: Vinay Jaisawal
यह पुस्तक पाठकों को जिन्दगी में विषम परिस्थितियों के प्रति सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण एवं हौंसला, संघर्षों के प्रति जिजीविषा, सामाजिक सरोकार की भावना को उत्प्रेरित कर, जीवन में स्वयं को साबित करने का विश्वास एवं मनोबल पैदा करेगा कि- यह जीवन व्यर्थ नहीं जाना चाहिए। संकल्प से आत्मविश्वास में प्रबलता, लक्ष्य के प्रति दृढ़ता, साहस का संचार तथा विज़न को व्यापकता मिलती है। सिद्धि संघर्ष-परिश्रम का प्रतिफल, कार्यकुशलता, सकारात्मकता एवं उपलब्धियों का पड़ाव एवं कामयाबी का एक संदेश होता है:- ”जिससे हर कोई प्रेरणा-मार्गदर्शन ले सकता है”
Reading Literacy
Author: CBSE 2021
Padmashri Murlikant Petkar’s story has been featured in the CBSE 2021 reading literacy practice book for students.The story can be read here