me home and reminded me of his wish to see me as an ias officer i followed his teaching of listening to my heart once again and today i feel that the journey of chasing dreams is not a bad one how did para badminton come in your life i have played badminton at school level and it was my favourite pastime in the civil services academy some of my fellows and seniors present there lauded me for the way i played and suggested that i should take it up professionally my wife ritu also thought the same and so i went ahead what was it like taking the match in china i was not a ranked player and therefore i went with a mind of participating and gathering experience seeing that i had to play two extra matches to qualify and the fitness level of other players i had thought that anything beyond entry to quarter final was good but you made it furtheryes but instead of happiness a sense of pressure gripped me so i chunked it up one match at a time i studied all the competitors on the net and changed my style strategically to beat them so how was it being on the top i felt i had achieved an impossible dream what a great sense of pride it was in waving the tiranga in china there is no parallel to it what next i look forward to my rank in the game