Sunita Khatri, who is currently deputy director in the sports department.
Sunita Khatri, deputy director of the Sports Department of Haryana, is now giving such girls a chance to play, who come from backward village-society. The reason behind this is that he has suffered a lot.
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There was no allowing girls to go out of the house even if he is from Jind’s Safakhedi village. Sunita told that when father came to Jat College in Rohtak, he saw girls playing. Then tell us. When I thought of playing, the grandmother flatly refused.
He said that when he started playing due to his father’s insistence, it was nothing short of winning a war. In the beginning, we played hockey wearing a suit-salwar. For the first time, there was no place of happiness when we got to wear track suits, nudes and shoes in the training camp.
The medal won in the Asian game changed the thinking of the villagers. It is now an attempt to give such girls a chance to move forward, which face such situations.
Photo with the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee after winning the silver medal in the Asian game. The team also included Sunita (in the red circle).
Read the journey from starting the game among the taunts to win the medal in the Asian Game…
- Father remained military, he is the dream of playing saw: When Sunita Khatri was born, she does not even know herself, but was written on the paper 15 January 1980. Father Ranbir Singh was in the army, who left the job after some time. Maa Rajapati Devi is illiterate, who always worked as farms. There are 6 siblings.
- Hardly played in suit-salwar: Sunita Khatri told that she was born in Safakheri village in Nanihal Jind district. In the year 1987, when she went out to play hockey, the villagers tried to stop a lot. T -shirts and lower were far away, the suits used to play hardly in salwar. Nani also opposed her playing at home.
- It was necessary to return home before getting dark: Sunita told that the village is Safakhedi backward area, where girls did not even let the reading write at that time. Going out of the house means no less than a challenge. It was necessary for girls to return home before getting dark, otherwise they did not even let the feet out of the house the next day. It was very difficult to get out of that environment and reach here.
Sunita Khatri said that the first tournament from Haryana got a chance to play in Sub Junior National Pune in 1992.
- Despite the objection of grandmother and villagers, father stubbornly are: Sunita told that her father always fought for her children. Despite the objection of Nani and villagers, father Ranbir Singh inspired to become a player. When Rohtak came, he would see the players playing in Jat College. Nani says- Do not send girls out, marry them. All their friends were also married soon.
- For the first time in Dehradun Camp, wearing t -shirt and lower were wearing: Sunita said that she was selected in 1989 in the Sports Authority of India (Sai). Had to go to Dehradun. Nani refused. When the father had to fight a long battle in the house, the permission was finally received. For the first time in Dehradun, wearing t -shirt and lower were found. But whenever he came to the village, there would be difficulty in practicing.
Deputy Director Sunita Khatri in Sports Department.
- Used to reach home before the villagers got up: Sunita told that there are houses and Khark villages near Safakhedi. She would go from her village to another village along the canal and practice and would return before the villagers got up in the morning, so that no one would know.
- People would think, if the girls went out, do not know what will happen: Sunita Khatri told that at that time girls did not get shoes nor no nudes. For the first time, shoes and nudes met at Dehradun camp. As long as in the village, slippers and suits practiced in salwar. People did not like playing girls at that time and the thinking of the people of their village is such that if the girls go out, they do not know what will happen.
Photo of Sunita Khatri (in red circle) with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
When the first trophy was found, father showed in the whole village Sunita Khatri said that the first tournament from Haryana got a chance to play in Sub Junior National Pune in 1992. In their very first match, the goal has a hat -trick, then people praised a lot. He also found a small trophy. When the photo appeared in the newspaper, father Ranbir Singh showed it around the entire village.
Sunita said that when she returned after winning the tournament, the villagers also welcomed her. Some also honored 10 rupees, someone by paying 20 rupees and 50 rupees. Those who first refused to play them, their attitude changed and they also started looking at them with respect.
Photo of Sunita Khatri with former Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya.
After 16 years, medal was given in Asian Sunita Khatri said that the journey from National to become an international player was not easy. Practiced four times a day and created the passion inside himself, which managed to get India a silver medal in the Asian Games after 16 years in 1998 and the silver medal in the Senior Asia Cup in 1999. His sister Kamala Dalal was also playing with him in the Indian team.
Sunita Khatri said that when the village Safakhedi and ancestral villages were split with the international medal, people welcomed them like boys. Sitting on the tractor, the procession took out a procession in the entire village and the villagers gave gold medals. Also, someone honored the desi ghee and someone honored by giving money. The entire village was welcomed by wearing a garland.
Photo of Sunita Khatri with Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra.
All siblings became players Sunita said that her elder sister Kamala Dalal has also been an international player of hockey. Younger brother Rajiv Dalal was also a hockey player, who died 4 years ago. Sajjan Singh, younger than him, is a DSP in Haryana Police. Younger sister Kavita Dalal is an inspector in Haryana Police and was an excellent athlete. The youngest brother Mandeep Dalal is a boxing coach in the Poona Army.
Sports left in 2010, 2016 Assistant Director Sunita Khatri told that when he had a son in 2010, he missed the opportunity to join the Olympic team. She kept playing in the masters after having a son, but in 2016 she was appointed to the post of Assistant Director. Today she is the deputy director in the sports department and inspires the players to move forward. She also tells them her story, so that courage can be increased inside them.