Tulika Maan: Morning: Sorry, could not bring gold… This daughter, who won a medal for the country, cried after calling her mother

New Delhi/Sabi Hussain: Tulika Mann, 23, created history by winning a silver medal in Judo at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. Tears welled up in Tulika’s eyes as soon as she won the medal. These tears were of victory, in these tears the paintbrush was a glimpse of the struggles. This tear in Tulika’s eyes was a testimony of victory over all the difficulties that she had been facing since childhood. Despite this, after winning the medal, Tulika apologized to her mother, for not winning the gold medal. Of course, the color of paintbrush’s medal is not yellow, but for her mother it is no less than gold.

After winning the medal on the sixth day of the Birmingham Commonwealth, Tulika called her mother late in the night, at 3.30 am Indian time. Her mother was also expecting that her daughter would have a phone call and as soon as she picked up the phone, a voice came to her ears, ‘Sorry, I could not bring gold.’ Tulika’s mother Amrita is posted as Sub Inspector in Delhi Police.

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Tulika’s mother said, ‘I know that she has become disheartened due to not winning the gold medal but winning silver is also nothing less than a big achievement. The paintbrush finished second in the 78 kg weight category, losing to Sarah Adlington of Scotland.

Tulika’s mother tells that when she was just three years old, she left her in-laws’ house in Najafgarh, Delhi in 2011 to escape from her violent husband Late Satbir Singh. It was not easy at all for Tulika’s mother. With a police job, it was a difficult task for Amrita to raise her daughter.

Tulika’s mother says that, ‘I have not talked about my personal life with anyone yet, but after Tulika’s achievement, I have decided to keep the things related to my life in front of the world. ‘

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“My late husband’s real name was Satbir Singh and not Deepak Kumar as mentioned in Tulika’s birth certificate and other government IDs. I married her in 1996 and after two years Tulika was born. Marrying her was a wrong decision and we parted ways in 2001.

Tulika’s mother said, ‘Tulika was not even three years old when I separated from her father. She doesn’t remember anything about her father, I never wanted that man in my life, so I didn’t tell her anything about him until she became an adult. I have only told him that Satbir, who was doing transport business in Najafgarh, was murdered in 2005 due to personal enmity.

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Let us tell you that Tulika was introduced to Judo for the first time at the age of five at the Tagore Garden Actation in the capital Delhi. Tulika’s mother lives in the allotted police quarters in Tagore Garden itself. Initially Tulika has been in Rewari. Judo is the art of a defensive sport, which is probably why Amrita thought it would be a good life education for her daughter. It was in Tagore Garden that Tulika enrolled herself in the Tachi Judo Club, while continuing her studies at a private school.

In Judo, Tulika has won the gold medal of the South Asian Games in 2019. Tulika is a four-time national champion. There were many challenges for Tulika in her way to the success of Commonwealth Games.