malika honda is the deaf world champion
in chess
she put out a video via a tweet on 2nd
september 2021
it has garnered more than 1 lakh views
and thousands of likes
in the video malika said in sign
language that
she had gone to meet punjab's director
of sports dps kharbanda
however karbandha told her on her face
that despite her achievements in chess
he would not give her a job or a cash
prize
she was in tears and heartbroken as her
future was ruined
have a look at the video
the bridge an online news website
reached out to malika honda's mother
renu honda
to understand what forced malika to
tweet such a video
renu honda said malika is 26 years old
she is an exemplary chess player she did
not record the agitated video at the
government offices on a whim
she was called by the sports ministry to
come
but when she went there she was told
straight on her face
that she will not be given any job or
cash rewards malika was shocked
as earlier he had promised to give her a
job and a cash prize as well
she was devastated that she would not
get anything
the government had assured her a job if
she secured achievements in chess
even the sports minister had promised
her a job
however it's been so long and she hasn't
been given a job
in fact some hearing people who do not
have as many medals have recently been
provided jobs
my daughter who has secured so many
medals has been given nothing
she is completely heartbroken
they said they do not have the policy to
give jobs under sports quota to deaf
players
renu handa also said it is very clear
that they do not wish to encourage chess
in the state
other sports are flourishing no doubt
but they are doing nothing for chess
malika had recently applied
for the maharaja ranjit award
she was very confident of winning as she
had secured many medals
but she was completely ignored whereas
other athletes were honored except for
her
we have approached the central
government as well but there has been no
response
breaking down her mother says it was our
only dream to encourage deaf daughter in
chess
hoping the punjab government would
recognize her with a job or cash prize
however looking at the punjab
government's reluctance to support
malika
i feel we have made a mistake to
encourage her in chess we should have
forced her into some other sport
at least then the government would have
supported her
i feel like i have made a mistake malika
does not want us to spend money on her
game
she tells us that she wants to get
married now
she says she will continue playing only
if the government supports her
however the punjab government is not at
all supporting her
this is not the first time they have
approached the punjab government who
have ignored them
to learn more about her struggles you
can watch ish news previous video on
this link