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Cycling solo more than 1,200 miles along with his 45 years of age, sick father, 15-year, Jyoti Kumari came to your Sirauli home in Bihar’s Darbhanga after a week of travel of Haryana of Gurugram last Saturday. His mother, Phulo Devi wept tears of joy as the father-daughter duo finally came home. She recalls, “honestly, I didn’t think it would. It was a long and difficult journey.”
A migrant worker and an e-rickshaw driver in Gurugram, Jyoti’s father, Mohan Paswan was injured in an accident in the month of January. Add to that the lack of income and the pressure of the owner to vacate his room in the house in Gurugram.
“The accident left me bedridden for months. I also was taking the medication during this period. After two months (in March), since I had no money and that he had already taken loans from people we knew, we are left with no option but for me to get out and start working, even though the doctor had recommended bed rest,” Paswan said.
Unemployed and broke, Paswan was under enormous stress. But her teenage daughter came to her rescue.When they saw the migrant workers who are going to their hometown on foot, Jyoti came up with an idea. She asked her father what little money he had left and was only set to return with a second hand cycle. Jyoti paid the seller Rs 500 and promised to pay the rest of Rs 500 after they returned.
Jyoti Kumari (standing next to his bike on the far right), with his family in Bihar, Darbhanga. Image acquired by the author.
“The person who sold us the cycle I saw that we were in a bad state and had agreed to sell us a loan cycle,” she said, “If my father could walk, we would not have had to buy this cycle.”
Doubts and fear of what might happen on the way, Jyoti’s father had initially refused. “After Jyoti bought this cycle and said that she wanted to drive all the way to Darbhanga with me riding in the back seat, I thought she was joking. But she made it happen,” Paswan said.
“My father did not agree with this provision, because he thought I might die on the way. I had to convince him a lot. I knew that if we somehow came to our village, we would not have to die of hunger. Do waqt ki roti zarur mil jayegi wahan (wand, it would be, at least, to get two meals in our village),” Jyoti said.
Describing their miserable financial conditions, Paswan said that they did not even know how they were going to handle his next meal: “we had used up our savings in the last two months and the loan that he had taken. We don’t know how to pay for the room. We had not eaten a proper meal in the last few weeks. When it became too difficult to handle, and the owner asked us to leave the room, my daughter said that she is going to take care of me and take me home in a cycle. Despite the fact that I don’t want to put her through a lot of exhaustion, I knew that I would have died of hunger if we don’t do something.”
Paswan to the eyes, however the light, when he speaks of his daughter’s courage. “After Class 8, Jyoti had to interrupt the studies because they have no money. What could I do, I have four other children to take care of and an e-rickshaw driver can only do so much. I feel so proud of her and commend her bravery. I am sorry that I was not able to invest in their studies,” he said, “the People who think that daughters are a burden to the society should fulfill with my daughter. The daughters are a blessing”.
The trip
Jyoti and her father started from Gurugram at 11 pm on the 8th of May by the fear of the police. “We have started late, because we did not know how the police would treat us,” he said. His luggage included her and her father with something of clothing chewda, the only food available. “Chewda it is cheap. So, we buy it in large quantities. We ate as a meal for many days,” Jyoti said.
Throughout the week-long trip, they had problems to find food and shelter. Jyoti was very tired in the first few days. “At the beginning, we found it very difficult. We didn’t have enough food with us, I was sleep deprived, but after a few days we began to find kind people on the road who offered us cookies, fruit and water,” he said.
The crowd of migrant workers walk to their homes with their children and belongings stacked on his shoulders did not stop the father-daughter duo. “We were very afraid, we didn’t know what might happen on the road. But when we started, we have seen many people like us, they too were walking on the roads. That gave us hope and we don’t feel alone,” Jyoti said.
One night, she said, she was so tired that she stopped at a petrol pump and sleep for a couple of hours before resuming the trip. “Every now and then, I felt tired while cycling that I would feel like I would faint. I ask my dad to get off the bike for a couple of minutes to rest on the way. He asked me to get out of it and cycle home alone. He said that I would walk or ask someone for help. He thought that his weight was too much for me to carry. But I couldn’t leave him alone, he had a big wound in his knee that hadn’t healed and had gotten worse in the last few months,” Jyoti said.
Jyoti’s father Mohan Paswan, a migrant worker and an e-rickshaw driver in Gurugram, was injured in an accident in the month of January. Image acquired by the author
Jyoti a cycle of around 150 miles each day. When she was exhausted, she was going to stop and wash your face with water and start pedaling again. “For days, my only goal was to get my injured father to the house of my family. I thought of another thing, and that kept me going.”
Jyoti soon rose to fame and to the people all over India and abroad praised his courage.
Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump on Friday on twitter:
15 years of age, Jyoti Kumari, carried her wounded father back to his hometown in the rear of your bike by covering up to +1200 km over 7 days.
This beautiful feat of endurance and love has captured the imagination of the people of India and the federation of cycling!🇮🇳 https://t.co/uOgXkHzBPz
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 22, 2020
Impressed with it, the Cycling Federation of India has invited Jyoti to appear at a trial next month. “If I pass the test, I’m going to invest fully in it, and make sure not only my state but also my country proud,” Jyoti said.
In Ivanka’s tweet, the 15-years of age, he said, “If I get to be a champion rider one day, I’d love to hear it.”
Meanwhile, Jyoti’s mother wants Jyoti aspiration to study more it becomes true some day. “We have received a lot of appreciation in the past few days. Now, I only wish that my daughter’s desire to study in more detail is also met,” he said.
Left without money or a job during the running of the bulls, the father and the daughter managed to escape from the terrible circumstances away from home. They feel that they are cared for, for now.
With appreciation, there were also some monetary support. According to the family, Akhilesh Yadav, former Uttar Pradesh, the prime minister has promised financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh and Pappu Yadav of Bihar Jan Adhikar Party has also announced a cash assistance of Rs 20,000 for the family.
Darbhanga DM Tyagarajan SM sent an official to Jyoti’s house, assuring them of all necessary assistance, including with Jyoti continue to develop the education. “But I don’t want to be in this situation ever again. I want my daughter to get an education and make sure that she never feels as helpless as I did before I left the house without money or work,” Paswan said.
Jyoti has also found his goal: “Now I want to study and make a name for myself in sports, I’ve decided.”
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