Kashmir Magazine By : Kashmir Magazine | Srinagar, Publish Date: Friday, January 14, 2022 1:25:57 AM | Updated Date : Friday, January 14, 2022 1:25:57 AM
Tabia Jan, born in a small village of district Ganderbal Gundroshan, is creating a niche for herself by winning laurels in sports. Tabia’s village is a small countryside area of district Ganderbal where people are mainly are engaged with agriculture and other activities of manual labour, but she has turned out to be an inspiration for the villagers.
She has achieved a great stature in sports as well as in education, however, her journey has not been easy as she has been through hard struggle being a sports girl. From childhood, Tabia had been a brilliant student in studies as well as in sports. She received her preliminary education at Imamia Public School Dab Ganderbal. After passing 10th class examination, Tabia opted for medical science stream and got distinction both in 11th and 12th classes.
Being a girl, she proved to be very determined, dedicated and honest towards her mission which paved the way for her great success. After passing 12th class examination, she joined Government Degree College Sumbal for higher education.
Taiba has completed (02) semesters of BG and is preparing for the 3rd semester in Arts stream. From the beginning, Tabia was very much determined and dedicated to sports. So she decided to take part in sports like Sqay Martial Arts.
She got training from a renowned Martial Arts coach, Saleem Pathan. During the course of time, while Tabia was busy with her Sqay Martial Arts training, some members of her family tried to resist and abandon her from playing the game.
Talking to The Kashmir Magazine, she said that she was never appreciated by anyone which proved to be a great barrier and hindrance for her sports career, but she never quit her mission and continued to take part in her favourite game with the same determination and dedication.
She said that she also faced severe criticism from her villagers too, but she never looked back and continued to take training in Sqay Martial Arts and become the iconic figure of District Ganderbal, an inspiration to many more.
She is now a national level player and medalist in Sqay Martial Arts. Tabia is also very good at playing handball and knows skiing as well. It also proved hard for her to play such games due to non-availability of such platforms especially for girls in the valley.
But despite all odds, Tabia managed to do her basic course in skiing due to her keen interest and aimed to continue it. She also got a chance to play Handball at district and state level.
Moreover, Tabia is an NSS volunteer at college and is amongst the active frontline workers. Whether it may be spreading awareness regarding Covid-19, cleanliness drives or Covid vaccination drive she has been on the forefront on every occasion.
Tabia has also been awarded by district legal services and authority Ganderbal on the eve of Beti Bachao Beti Padhau event.
“When you are doing well and nobody supports you, just support yourself and move ahead. Focus on what you want to achieve, and work for your goals sincerely,” she said.