Leh, Jan. 27 -- Often getting up after biting the dust is the most difficult thing in life, and Sohan Tarkar should be proud of himself for having pulled it off. The Maharashtra short-track ice skater had significant successes to speak of before depression pulled him down almost six years ago.

Tarkar started ice skating in 2010 and reached the 1500m semifinals of the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, in 2017. He has also qualified multiple times for the Junior World Championships. Twice, he has qualified for the Senior World Cups (Germany and Italy being the venues), but, unfortunately, on both occasions, he couldn't obtain the Schengen visa, according to a KIWG release.

Despondency and grief consumed him as a result. This was in th...