Ahmedabad, Oct. 27 -- Every November, thousands of runners take to the streets of Ahmedabad for the Adani Ahmedabad Marathon, many of them running for someone or something bigger than a finish time.

This year, a group of war-wounded veterans will be among them. On 29 November 2026, the War Wounded Foundation (WWF), which has stood beside disabled soldiers since 2002, will line up at the Ahmedabad Marathon for the first time. Four of its veterans share what the run means to them.

Nk. Ashok Kumar of 14 Mahar joined the Army on 30 April 1994 and gave it twenty years. On 11 October 2002, during Op Parakram at the Line of Control in the Batalik Sector of Jammu and Kashmir, enemy mortar fire struck both his legs and his left knee. He was clas...