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.