January 18, 2026 Times of Dakshin Dinajpur
Kamal Kumar Biswas.TOD. Balurghat
In a sport that worships speed, symmetry, and two flawless hands, Krish Dey arrived with just one — and left with a standing ovation.On Saturday, at Balurghat’s Kabitirtha Club, the young shuttler from Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district transformed a routine North Bengal inter-district team badminton tournament into a spectacle of human will. Born without the lower part of his right arm, Krish does not merely compete — he dominates, wielding his racket with his left hand and an authority that unsettles even fully able-bodied opponents.
Badminton is unforgiving. It is a game of split-second reflexes and ruthless precision, where milliseconds decide matches. Yet Krish, an M.A. first-year student, bends the geometry of the court to his will. His movement is fluid, his smashes surgical, his defense impenetrable. Spectators watched in disbelief as rallies that should have exposed his physical limitation instead exposed the frailty of conventional assumptions.
The tournament, organized by the Kabitirtha Club, brought together teams from across North Bengal. But it was Krish’s presence that turned competition into inspiration. With every leap, every cross-court drop, he delivered a silent rebuke to the idea that the body defines the boundary of possibility.Krish is no stranger to elite sport. A regular participant in the West Bengal Para Games, he has already won a gold medal at the state level and is recognized nationally in para-badminton circles. His resume, however, tells only half the story.“I was born without my right hand,” Krish said quietly on the sidelines. “But I never treated it as a problem. I learned to live with the problem.”That philosophy — austere, uncomplaining, unbreakable — was visible in every point he played.
His partner and close friend, Abhishek Sarkar, spoke with unmistakable pride. “Playing with Krish is an honor. Despite such a major physical challenge, he competes on equal terms with us. He pushes all of us to train harder. He is not just a teammate — he is a lesson.”By the end of the day, Balurghat had witnessed more than a series of matches. It had seen a redefinition of strength.On that court, between the echo of shuttlecocks and the hush of astonished crowds, Krish Dey offered something rarer than victory: a living argument that limitations belong not to the body, but to the imagination.
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