22.06.2018, Manu was born deaf and mute. But that did not stop him from becoming the ace striker of FC Kayilamcode.When the chips are down, the chant for ‘Messi, Messi’ would fire him up. “It is as if he can hear what the crowd wants. He will not stop till he finds the net of the opposite team,” says Sovin Mathew, another team member.Now, Manu wants to pursue higher education. He almost gave up because of his limitation and poverty, Mathew says. “But we are not ready to give up on him,” he says.
He is good at studies, says his father Karunakaran. He passed class 10 with first class from Jyothi Bhavan School for Hearing Impaired at Chayoth near Nileshwaram. He did his Plus-II from Mar Thoma School for the Deaf, Kasargod, and scored 70 per cent. The certificates he won on the field are kept safely, wrapped in a plastic bag. Even his house is wrapped in tarpaulin.
His friends say that Manu wants to pursue a professional course.
“He is good with tools and machines,” says Vijeesh, who used to play for the district team.
“What we are saving from flex boards and flags will be just the initial fund. We are raising the fund from the people and have opened an account in SBI in Vellarikundu branch for the cause,” he says.
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