It is a story one has heard manifold times but is still uplifting to read it again. This is India’s Paralympics story, where the Indian contingent finished their campaign at the Tokyo event with 19 medals—five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

India made its first appearance in the Paralympics in 1968. These 19 medals are a massive improvement over all its previous Olympic outings. One hopes India’s Paralympians are accorded respect and given awards by the government, like our ‘abled’ Olympians got recently, after their return from Tokyo.