Thursday, August 14, 2008

Bhagwati Oza - Age is no barrier to the spirit of adventure

If you are a citizen of Vadodara, you are used to seeing a seventy two years old lady cycling through intricate lanes and highways every morning. The lady is a unbelievable person of spirit who lives life fully.

Yes she is Dr. Bhagwatiben Oza, a gynaecologist and a marathon runner. Dr Oza has rubbed shoulders with Mother Teresa during relief work in Morbi at the time of Macchu dam disaster. She had trained under Dr. Tensing, the first person to tame Himalayas and climbed to the height of 20,000 feet of the snow clad mountains.

She has swum the oceans and participated in swimming competition by representing Indian veterans in USA. She has dared the war and visited better fields of Kargil in 1999. She can literally soar high in the sky because she is a trained pilot. She lives a Spartan life and commands respect from all sectors of the society as an ex Home Guard Commandant.

This explorer and adventurer is not satisfied with this sport alone. She is a painter and a musician. She can present classical music and make the atmosphere full of fine feelings through her Ghazals and Bhajans. She represents Gujarat in all the marathon cycling competitions all over India and her house is full of medals she has won.

She is not yet satisfied. She wants to learn paragliding. Our salute to this incredible unstoppable Indian who in her daily life serves all sections of the society through her expertise of medicine.











1 comment:

DRCSBUCH said...

Bhagwatiben is exceptionally good committed and dedicated sports medico who is untiring at her age where people would have retired long back ,she is actively persuing newer heights!
We all need to learn from her many things in life
Best wishes for next 10 Awards
DRCSBUCH