Those who do their duty for the country (Duty for country)

 

    Those who do their duty for the country (Duty for country) never see the circumstances. They find a way to fulfill their duty even in the midst of adverse circumstances. In a remote village situated on the border of Nagaland, Lirothang is engaged in this passion of how to give right direction to the youth. Football has started dancing on the same feet of those youths who used to stagger under the influence of alcohol.

    Those who do their duty (Duty for country) never see the circumstances. They find a way to fulfill their duty even in the midst of adverse circumstances. In a remote village situated on the border of Nagaland, Lirothang is engaged in this passion of how to give right direction to the youth. Football has started dancing on the same feet of those youths who used to stagger under the influence of alcohol. His addiction to alcohol and drugs was replaced by his passion for football and now the game has become a part of his changed life.

    This is the story of Lirothang of Merapani village near the border of Nagaland. A youth in the village has chosen the lockdown as an opportunity. In fact, 22-year-old Lironthang plays for a football club in Punjab. Before the lockdown, he had come to visit the village after taking leave from his club. But due to the lockdown, he remained in his village. During this, Lironthang noticed that the youth of the village had become addicted to drugs and alcohol. Lironthang turns to his profession to save most of the youth in his village. He decided that through football, he would free the youth of his village from the clutches of drugs.

    pulled out of the clutches of drugs

Lironthang said, 'Seeing him drunk, I decided that whenever I would come home on a long leave, I would teach him football and if his feet get used to football, he would get rid of the intoxication.' Lironthang started teaching football to the youth of his village in June this year. He tells that earlier he used to take football to the field alone and used to play. When the football went away, he told the children to bring it, Lironthang said, 'He asked a child to play football. Didn't ask to play, but seeing them dancing with football on the ground, the children also started enjoying. Two to three, three to five and so on the children kept on increasing on the ground.