From a railway station to the Indian rugby team

Brut India

Meet Sukumar Hembrom, the once homeless kid who now plays rugby for India.

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00:00If you are hungry, there is only one way.

00:02Either you run away with money or with food.

00:30If we were hungry, we used to ask for food.

00:32If we didn't get food, we used to run away with it.

00:34We used to snatch someone's money.

00:36So you had to steal to get food?

00:38Yes.

01:01So we went there and they locked us up in a room.

01:04After that, they gave us food, clothes.

01:07Then they made us bald.

01:09We had big hair.

01:11So they didn't want you to run away from there.

01:13Yes, that's why they locked us up.

01:23During Durga Puja and Kali Puja, everyone takes leave.

01:25All the kids go home.

01:27One of my friends and I used to stay in a hostel.

01:30We didn't like it.

01:32We used to discuss that everyone has to go home.

01:34Everyone has parents, but we don't.

01:36Sometimes we used to feel very sad.

01:49Okay, we will take you on Saturday.

01:51But don't do bad things.

01:58This is a physical game.

02:00It's a physical fitness game.

02:02It feels good.

02:04It's a contact rugby.

02:06You can hit someone.

02:08I don't have a ball, so I don't hit anyone.

02:10I can hit a side step and run away.

02:12It's a very interesting game.

02:17Which championship was it?

02:19It was the Asian Championship.

02:21Were you a junior or a senior?

02:23I was a senior.

02:26Those who don't get an opportunity to go to school,

02:28to study,

02:30to go home,

02:32to eat,

02:34we go and collect them.

02:36On the first day,

02:38we take a lot of balls and food

02:40and talk to the kids.

02:42Most people don't know.

02:44When they see the ball, they laugh.

02:46Many people say it's a dinosaur egg.

02:55It's good to tell people about it.

02:57It's interesting to teach them.

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