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Interviewer: You're a trailblazer - the first ever Indian female para-athlete to win an Asian Games medal in athletics. You're also India's first ever female Paralympics medallist across any sport and the list of 'firsts' is never ending. You've been bestowed with several coveted awards too. What do these accomplishments mean to you?
Dr. Malik: I truly appreciate these accolades that have been showered on me. These achievements are a testimony to my belief that physical limitations don't define one's potential. Moreover, I'm a proponent of the school of thought, 'ability beyond disability'.
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Dr. Malik is called a
trailblazer
- a pioneer - because she achieved many "firsts" in Indian para-sport.
Trailblazer matlab woh pehla banda ya aurat jo koi kaam pehli baar kare — raasta banaye baaki logo ke liye. Dr. Malik bilkul wahi hain Indian para-sports mein.
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She is the
first Indian female para-athlete to win an Asian Games medal
in athletics.
Asian Games mein athletics mein medal jeetne wali pehli Indian female para-athlete — yaar, yeh toh record hai! Pehle kisi Indian aurat ne yeh nahi kiya tha.
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She is also
India's first female Paralympics medallist
across any sport.
Sirf Asian Games nahi — Paralympics mein bhi India ki pehli female medallist hain woh, kisi bhi sport mein. Double record bhai!
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Her philosophy:
"Ability beyond disability"
- physical limitations do not define one's potential.
Unka philosophy hai "Ability beyond disability" — matlab physical problem ya disability tujhe define nahi karti yaar. Tu kya kar sakta hai, woh teri asli pehchaan hai.
Q II & III (fact-opinion / cause-effect) draw on Dr. Malik's achievements described here. See Check Your Understanding
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Testimony matlab living proof. Dr. Malik bol rahi hain ki unke medals aur records — woh sab inka belief ka proof hain. Belief ki disability se zyada hoti hai teri ability.
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Matlab simple hai: ability (kya kar sakta hai) disability (physical problem) se zyada hoti hai. Dr. Malik Paralympics medal jeeti waist-down paralysed hokar — yahi toh "ability beyond disability" hai bhai.
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Why: She says her achievements are "a testimony to my belief that physical limitations don't define one's potential."
Malik ka belief hai ki physical limitation hone se potential kam nahi hota - yeh unki achievements se prove hota hai.
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Trailblazer isliye kaha kyunki woh pehli Indian female para-athlete hai jisne Asian Games mein athletics medal jeeta, aur India ki pehli female Paralympic medallist hai kisi bhi sport mein.
