Father Thomas KJ honours 50 divyangs

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 2

Father Thomas KJ, executive director, Roshni (NGO), celebrated the golden jubilee of his priesthood in a unique way.

On the occasion, he felicitated 50 differently-abled persons and shared how he helped them bring back in the mainstream. He said, “I wish to drive away the darkness in the form of deformities and be a beacon of light and hope to distressed persons as taught by Guru Nanak and Jesus Christ. I am just striving to have a better world just the way Mother Teresa and Bhai Ghaniya wanted it to be.”

He informed about Harpal (38), a resident of Bholia village in Amritsar, who was suffering from post-polio residual paralysis and was operated upon by corrective surgeries in 1992 enabling him to stand and walk with the help of crutches. The NGO helped him in his studies and provided him a DJ system for his livelihood. Now, Harpal is blessed with two children, he said.

Sonu and Michael, who also suffered from polio, were corrected similarly. The NGO helped John Chand 28, who suffered from muscular dystrophy to study till Class XII. He now teaches tuition to students for his livelihood.