Syed Ahmad Rufai

Owing to the dysfunctional and non-registered J&K Blind Cricket Association, some international visually impaired cricketers who have played for the unrecognized J&K team, share their gratifying life stories and ordeals related to it that go beyond their Para-athletic career, Syed Ahmad Rufai ( arufai143@gmail.com ) narrates their stories. Chasing Dreams, BLINDLY (Illustration/Syed Ahmad Rufai) Umer Sidiq’s world spins around imagination. As he enters his office in the Rajinder Nagar area of New Delhi, he reaches for the smooth surface of door- but the color of it unknown to him, sniffs a whiff of potpourri and overhears colleagues chit chatting, as he walks past them. His senses are more powerful than ever now, but every time he opens his eyes- it is dark. Umer was born to his teenage parents with congenital blindness. Of a total of 66,448 blind souls- 25,656 comprises males and the remaining 30,792 females, as per the 2011 census. An all-rounder on the cricket field,