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Sampurna Kumar Bhoi : The new age Dronacharya
The irony is that in our society we recognize and
felicitate only those students who reach the heights in their course curriculum
or in the extracurricular activities. Whereas we grossly ignore the key man
i.e. Guru or the Teacher of the student who made his or her disciple to achieve
the success. Sampurna Kumar Bhoi of Kadlipali village is such a victim of our
society. He is the Physical Education Teacher(PET) of Veer Surendra Sai High
School, S.Dumberpali in Bargarh District, Odisha. With the unparalleled valour, dedication and determination Sampurna able to roll
out so many girls of Bargarh District to participate in national sports.
[Nikita Bishi] |
During December 2017 one of his students by the name Nikita Bishi went
to Dhaka, Bangladesh to play Under 15 years girls South Asian Football Federation(SAFF) Championship 2017 at Birsreshtha Shaheed Sepahi Mostafa Kamal
Stadium in Kamalapur, Dhaka. In the final match India was narrowly beaten 0-1
by the host team Bangladesh. Yet Barpali is proud as its daughter Nikita Bishi
represented and played for India in this international football tournament. Whereas earlier she had been to Tajakisthan to play Asian
Football Championship(2016) on behalf India.
Sampurna is not a regular teacher despite serving
for the past 16 years on contractual basis. With his own initiative he is
imparting training to only girls, the gender discriminated children of Bargarh
district. His students are not the kids of any landlords, businessmen or the
government employees. He motivates the neglected offspring of the peasants of
this locality who are otherwise forced to work in the farmlands. He induces the
parents to send their kids to the playground.
Apart from above mentioned Nikita, two other girl
students of him by the name Tarasa Mirdha and Ulasa Mirdha went to play
football at National Athletic Meet(NAM), Bhopal. This Nov’17 another OBC
student by the name Muskan Podh went to play Football Championship at Imphal,
Manipur. Sampurna Sir teaches the subjugated kids of
Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe and Below Poverty Line(BPL) families. These kids
can’t afford to buy either a football, sport boots or the jerseys. There is an
abysmal supply of sports accessories or the equipments by the state government
of Odisha. Many a times with his money Sampurna Sir bought either a pair of
jersey or boots for these poor children so as they can play football.
[Muskan Podh] |
As per the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, Dronacharya
was the greatest teacher of warfare in this subcontinent. He was the guru of
Pandabs. He taught Arjuna the skills of archery. But to keep alive his gurunistha
or being loyal to his students Dronacharya asked Ekalabya to cut his thumb finger of the right
hand and to give it as gurudakshina. Drona did not want a kid of a sabara
or the forest dweller to be an expert in warfare and to excel beyond the skills
that Pandabs possessed. But in juxtapose to the above mythology, this new age guru is imparting training to the tribal
children of Odisha.
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E.Kiran Mohan(The Writer)
C/o.Dr.E.R.Rao (M.D)
Near SBI,
Barpali-768029
Dist.Bargarh, Odisha
India
Near SBI,
Barpali-768029
Dist.Bargarh, Odisha
India