Genkeswaran Munian’s who was born in Carey Island was the oldest of five siblings. His father was an adjunct in the police force. while the mama, a general worker. Life at home was unpredictable, Gen grew up witnessing his mama frequently bearing the mass of his father’s alcoholic carouses. The father drunkenness was a burden that the entire family drag, especially the mama. Gen helps his mama pluck cocoa pods, remove the seeds and bag them after academy. Poverty and trouble at home drove Gen to seek out distractions that would soon put the youthful impressionable boy on the pathway of tone-destruction. He was told by musketeers, but he can’t condemn them for impacting him. When you live a hard life, you tend to look for effects to make it easier. But Chess chance a gangbanger into a good citizen.
The effects he couldn’t afford to buy on his own likes Alcohol, cigarettes, and food. Mixing with orginal mobsters, which help frequently to gain those effects. He was obviously taken in by their liberality. Fights would frequently break out between gangs at academy and the youthful boy set up himself in the thick of the action. Gen and his gang were non-natives to cooling of in the police cinch-up for hours. After Getting involved in skirmishes and dust- ups The distraction soon up ended his studies. Gen dropped out of academy at the age of 17.
Life of Gen
He likes studying, but it didn’t work out. He was distracted and not concentrated. He was tired of floundering and seeing his parents struggle to give a decent life. He suppose it was the occasion to earn easy plutocrat and come notoriety by joining a gang.
It was a heady life, he ‘d join the big brothers and fight whenever there were turf wars and dissensions. He hangs with them at night clubs and would return home early morning. It was a brotherhood of feathers and for Gen, they were his surrogate family who offered him company, support and gratuities. He was foolish and reckless but he didn’t care. He allowed being part of a gang and having people sweat him would gain him respect.
Gen worked at a factory in Teluk Pangilma Garang after dropping out of academy. He continued to be heavily involved in hooliganism and soon set up himself holding sway over part of Carey Island. He was ambitious. He wants everyone on the Island to know his name. However, he was the firrst to show up, if fight break out. He desperately wanted to be notoriety.
A fight broke out at the factory one day which involved police intervention. Gen and his musketeers was arrested. That was the first time in his life, he realised he was in serious trouble. He was charged at court, he sought help from his brothers to pay the stiff forfeitures which he was slighted with. He asked them to front the plutocrat first and promised to settle ulimate but to his disappointment, they claimed they didn’t have the plutocrat for the forfeitures. It was also that he realised he was being used. He knew he’d had his own way.
The mama set him a counsel , who helped the youthful man with the legal issues and advised him to change his ways and start contributing to society. Thankfully, he managed to shirk a longer captivity judgment. After a week, he was out
After being realised, Gen set up work at another plant. He didn’t expose his felonious history records. He desperately demanded the job and a alternate chance. He was willing to change his ways and work hard. One day, he was asked to attend a training session in place of his manager who could n’t make it. At first he was reticent but his collegues motivate him to say yes. That decision to attend the training changed his life.
The course deeply impacted Gen so much that he decided to bag particular coaching from coach, who soon came Gen’s tutor. It was his tutor suggested him to start tutoring Chess. He was asked about his capacities and what he could do with them. Gen first learnt to play chess from his primary academy school teacher and had represented the quarter in chess events.
Gen Life Took a Turn
When he agreed to trainer children, an anonymous patron bestowed 20 chessboards. His tutor told him that he should set his intentions. Hence, the bestowed chessboards make him cautiously enthusiastic at first. His first many classes didn’t earn important plutocrat. In fact , he lost plutocrat due to travelling far to educate scholars. But his tutor soon arranged enough classes at several lodges for Gen to earn a good income. The income was better than his pay check. He used the income wisely to invest in himself and hone his skill in chess. He started to play in events..
His trouble in tone enhancement paid off. In 2013, he was named to represent the country at the southeast Asia Game(SEA GAMES) in Myanmar. He couldn’t believe that he was representing the country. But it also struck him that for the first time, he was at the right place doing the right thing. By winning the Citation order, people started to admire him also what he tried to get the wrong way before. Now with the order everyone was talking about him.
After his ecstatic performance at the SEA Games, he decided to educate chess on a full time basis. He believe that children can learn a lot about life from playing chess. The game currently is being used as a important educational tool. It helps develop skills ranging from critical thinking and time management to sportsmanship and tone-regard.
He no way forced the family to learn but the children picked the game by observing his classes. His son is now a Master chess player by continuing his father’s heritage. His son is making his own name in the chess leagues, triumphantly beating a chess Grandmaster at just 13 years old.
Gen had been in the news recently for his fole in the award winning documentary Wanted; shades of Life, the documentary, which won a slew of awards.
By: Laban Singh
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