MONDAY 5 JUNE 2017 CAMPUS | 4-6 HEALTH | 10 BOLLYWOODD | 1111 CBSE grade X Jogging may reduce Never before feltelt so toppers from risk of hip and knee conscious of thingsings I joint pain say: Konkona Indian schools Email: [email protected] DEFEATING DIFFICULTIES Years after traumatic injuries nearly killed them, a quadriplegic journalist and a double amputee push their bodies to the maximum. P | 3 03 MONDAY 5 JUNE 2017 COVER STORY Together they changed their lives Tara Bahrampour “We definitely are major head-turn- The Washington Post ers, and for us to do something together will definitely turn a lot of ector Picard and Kerry heads.” Gruson were each in That’s what they’re hoping for. their mid-20s when Both are involved with organisa- devastating events tions that help people overcome permanently changed barriers. Picard is a founder of Htheir lives. As a young reporter DontStopLiving.org, a nonprofit heading to Vietnam to cover the organisation that supports people war in 1974, Gruson was interview- facing physical or other obstacles, ing a veteran Green Beret who had and Gruson is co-founder of a flashback, mistook her for a Viet Thumbs Up! International, a non- Cong and strangled her, leaving her profit organisation that connects quadriplegic and neurologically people of all ability levels to take disabled. on athletic challenges together. She Two decades later, Picard, an has participated in races with dif- electrician, received 13,000 volts ferent partners and teams, including of electricity from a substation an Ironman event in weather so on to coach softball for five years. rehabilitative therapy and resumed transformer, leaving him burned rough that her boat capsized. “She Gruson also struggled with work as a journalist, at the Miami over nearly half his body and wanted to continue even though she “despair, yes, and anger” after her News for two years and at the New requiring the amputation of his nearly drowned,” Picard noted. attack, she said. She had led a phys- York Times for nearly 27. She said entire right arm and half of his left It hasn’t been easy for either of ically and intellectually active life she does not bear a grudge against one. On Wednesday, the two com- them. “Early on it was, ‘God, why as the daughter of two journalists, the veteran who hurt her, but con- bined forces to achieve something me, I was a good guy, why’d this travelling internationally and siders them both to be war many non-injured people would happen to me?” Picard said. “But I speaking several languages. “I real- casualties. “You have to deal with find daunting: a 50-mile bicycle realised I had a 1-year-old daugh- ised my anger was depleting my your anger,” she said. “If you let it race through the Florida Keys, with ter and she needed a dad, and that’s energy, and I needed that energy consume you, you’re done for. Then Picard, on a specially fitted bike, what got me going early on. And to survive.” you really are a victim. And I’m not pulling Gruson in a specially after that, it just steamrolled into She had always been stubborn, a victim.” designed trailer. today.” she said. And she was always an In fact, she said, many of her It was not their first joint ath- An avid basketball player before optimist. “That’s why I’m still here,” struggles are not unlike what the letic undertaking; in January, the his accident, Picard invented a she said in a documentary about able-bodied face. “It’s not about dis- two completed a half-marathon, prosthetic device that allows him her life, speaking softly because her abled people only; it’s about all of with Picard pushing Gruson in a to dribble and shoot, and another vocal cords were damaged in the us. Sometimes we set these limita- racing wheelchair. The pair hope that allows him to play softball - attack. “It’s a constant struggle, tions on ourselves,” she said. to do a triathlon in the future. inventions born partly out of every day, every minute. People “People complain about the bumps Working as a team helps both necessity. “I saw my kids struggling say, ‘You’ve been such a brave per- on the road. For me, the bumps on get through the gruelling races. with the sport, and I saw other dads son.’ I haven’t. I just have no choice.” the road are what make me feel “When I’m pulling her, I think of us helping their kids,” he said. He went She underwent extensive alive.” both as athletes,” Picard said. Picard, who is also a motiva- “When we finish it, we finish it tional speaker, loves the idea that together.” he can be a model for others. At one Picard, 51, who lives in Fort race, an older man crossed the Lauderdale, first noticed Gruson, 69, route to give him a hug. “He said I who lives in Miami, after he started inspired him to keep going. That’s racing nine years ago. He kept see- what inspires me, when strangers ing her at races, a diminutive come up and say that. I live for that.” woman with her head cocked to On Wednesday, the weather one side, participating in various was hot and they shared the road events by being pushed or pulled with semi trucks that passed dan- along. “It just inspired me to see this gerously close, but they made it in lady who’s been through so much five hours. out there, whether it’s hot, cold, “We felt great,” Picard said after- raining, or whatever, and she’s ward. “I think we made a decent enjoying it — and that’s my team.” approach to life,” he said on Tues- And, he added, “It turned a lot day as they prepared for the ride. of heads.” 04 CAMPUS MONDAY 5 JUNE 2017 CBSE CLASS X TOPPERS - MES INDIAN SCHOOL Abdul Basit Abdul Basith Adithya Suresh Aditi Amarnath Afra Ruknuddin Agna Sabu Aisha Akash John Akhil Ramesh Albin Vijoy Nowshad Rahmathullah Alena Dominic Alina Anna James Alina Jacob Amal George Amal P B Aman A Ansari Ameena Amina Haneen Anaswara Sunil Aneena Mohammed Elias Aneesha Rose Angeline Mariam Anirudh Anish Anitta George Anjali Aju Ann Samuel Anna Rose Arman P Arunima Sivan Shaji Unnikrishnan Sattanathan Antony Mohammed Arushi Nair Aseela Fathima Ashika Biju Asma M Astra Julia Pinto Aswakumar Austin Shaji P Avin Babu P Aysha A Aysha Dhilna Aysha M S Aysha Salim Basma Aysha Beena Rani Benson Beryl Rachel Buddi Rohan Sai Calvin Itty Vinod Carol Ann Cassandra Sonia Bashier Debnath Jayachandran Georgie Noronha Cerin Mary Christina Jude Christy Maria Christy Samuvel Clairin Rolland Dithi Dinesan Faheem Fairoosa Farah Shabbir Farsana Abdul Sebastian Joseph Hassainar Sulthana Salam Farzana Rahman Fathima Farheen Fathimath Nusrin Fathimathul Fida Parveen Freny Ann Grace Ann John Hajira Afreen Hamna N T Haniyah Salim Fitha Gracious Haritha Suvitha Haritha Venu Haseena Hawwa Yousuf Iqrabanu S S Jahana Sherin C Janakan L Jenema Satheesh Jenitt Maria Aju Jini Jiji Mohammed Mathew 05 MONDAY 5 JUNE 2017 CAMPUS Jobin Johnson Johan Raphael Josh John Jiji Joyel K Joy Kancharla Gayathri Kashif Minhaj Kezia Sara Jojin Khadija S K Kuruba Damitha Liyana Elizabeth Stanly Praharshita Danny Maria Salam Khan Maria Tomy Merin Ann Pious Merin Elizabath Midhun Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed Muhammad Thomas Sunilkumar Ahnaf Tajwar Ashiq K Chngoteri Irshad Amaan Muhammed Nihal Mumthaz Jaleel Mushthaq Ahmed Nada Abdulgani Nada Ibrahim Nadia Khan Narmeen Noor Nawal Abdullah Neethu Liz Shaji Neethu Tony Neha Elizabeth Nihaal Ali Niharika Nissin Sara Nooreen Fatima Nuha Abdul Rafia A S Ria Elsa George Richa Rose Rida Jesil Ebrahim Pradaush Abraham Azeem Benson S Nishanth Sabika Sahil Kotian Sakshi Shivaling Salwa Saleh Salwa Sameeha Sameeha Thasni Sara Inayat Sheeja Mary Sibi Vikraman Reddy Shoukkathali Shehela Sulthana Shijil Mathai Sneha Thomas Sreehari M M Sreerag Vinod Suhail Joad Sumayya Syed Mohammad Syeda Hafsa Tania Mariam Muhammed Salim Raza Haider Titus Tanishq Dixit Thameem Jalal Theresa Mary Thoufeer Tooba Nafis Vaibhav Vittal Rai Vaishna Panikar Varsha K Vinodini Elango Vivina Sherin Prince Basheer Suares ES Indian School, with a record were placed between the CGPA 9 and 9.8. number of 154 students securing As many as 271 students obtained A1 in Eng- MA1 in all subjects with the Cumula- lish, 182 in Mathematics, 232 in Science, 225 tive Grade Points (CGPA 10), the highest in Social Science, 337 in various languages grade in the examination registered a pass and 614 in Assessment in Speaking and Lis- Wafa Nizar Warda A Yuvaraja T Zainab S percentage of 100 in the CBSE Class X Con- tening (ASL). All 622 students, who sat for tinuous and Comprehensive Evaluation for the exam qualified for the admission to the session 2016-17. Another 171 students higher classes. 06 CAMPUS MONDAY 5 JUNE 2017 CBSE CLASS X TOPPERS - IDEAL INDIAN SCHOOL Obadiah Joy Chris Thomas Ihsan Noushad Sijin P.L Omkar Bhat Joel Johnson Akshay Krishna Delvin David Abdul Aziz Fahad Thakur Abdul Rahman Shaikh Maaz Derrick Noble Ashwin John Aditya S Kumar Jinu Mukkadan Sumaya Abdul Alen Shaju Joel Jose Muhibudeen Rahman Athira Arunkumar Gifty Sabu Mahmoud Mayank Shetty Mudassir Baig Muzammil Baig Abhijith Dev Ronil Dash Hamad Mehjab Mohamed Yamish Esameldin Noel P Biju Aneesh Asokan Aazam Varsha Kalyani Fathima Jinsy Nabeela Abdul Ardra Jose Lamees Mariam Sultana Ferdaus Islam Khader Hiba Naminti Dhanya Mathews Anaina Bobi Meril Saji Aysha Khaleel Sheethal .Aisha M Khan Leena Abdulla Sara Shahid Safiya Ansari Zachariah Mohammed Mohammed Vignesh S Yashin Rahman Farza Adeel Gautham Raghav Royston D’souza Asrar Ahamed Faiza Abdu Noora Mariyam Baleeghuddin Shahal Rahman Anvar deal Indian School con- sistently recorded Ihundred percent success in the Class X CBSE exami- nations held in March this Aparna Prema Navya Roy Nosrat Jahan Deepthy Shivani Dhansingh R.Rinthiya Liyana Jebin Zoya Ali year.