THE SPICE OF LIFE TO M.RAMACHANDRAN

RUNNING WAS THE SPICE OF LIFE   
TO
M.RAMACHANDRAN   
                                                L.JAIARAJO                                                                                         

           Variety is like spice to food,but to M.Ramachandran running was the spice which bought him fame, healed his ailments and gave him a new lease of life. M.Ramachandran's success in sports is not a rags to riches story, but a true miracle in every sense.

          During his tender years Rama, as he is popularly known,was a frail-looking asthmatic patient who did not have the luxury of running around like normal children.Yet with nerves of steel and heaps of courage , the young lad from SRK Kota raja  Panchor ventured into sports with the encouragement fromhis physical education teacher Shahrom Suhaimi.

           The move was later to bring about an absolute transformation of his life's future endeavours.He used to play a little bit of badminton and football in primary school.As he was an asthmatic patient ,his movements were always restricted.If anybody told him to run long distance,he would have laughed them off at that time.
           However following the advice of Shahrom,he made a dramatic switch from travelling to school by bus and bought a bicycle and ploughed the 12km route from Panchor to Pagoh.