Zooming Forward On A Trike

A patient of cerebral palsy, Riitesh Sinha has achieved more than most healthy people. Jamuna Rangachari speaks to him about his challenges, accomplishments and never say-die attitude.

- Jamuna Rangachari

There are some people who show us that nothing is impossible if we put our mind and soul into it. Riitesh Sinha from Karnal, a case in point, views everything as a challenge and not a dead end. “People refer to cerebral palsy as CP but I believe CP stands for capable person,” he says confidently. Riitesh had just passed his board exams with flying colours, securing 75 percent, when his quest for independence led him to invent his own trike (tricycle). “I was entirely dependent on my parents to take me to school and other places, and did not like this. Then one day, I was watching a science video when I got the idea for a trike.”