Shotgun Shagun: The Shooter Who Defied Critics to Reach the Olympics
Shagun Chowdhary battled systemic gender biases and discrimination to become the first Indian woman trap shooter to reach the Olympics.
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Their Book for Children Has Not One But 50 Extraordinary Heroines
An interview with Ishita Jain and Naomi Kundu, authors of the new children’s book ‘The Girl Who Went to the Stars and Other Extraordinary Lives’.
Small-Town Tomboy to Global Boxing Champ: How Nikhat Zareen Shut Her Critics Up
Global boxing champion Nikhat Zareen’s small-town roots fire her world-conquering ambitions.
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis at 25, Fighting Pain Like a Warrior
Most people think of RA as something that only strikes people in mid-to-late life, but it does, in rare cases, afflict people who are in their 20s. This is one young girl’s story.
Smash Like a Girl: PV Sindhu and the Making of a Champion
India’s only badminton player to win an Olympic silver and the winner of two international tournaments this year, PV Sindhu is blazing a new trail of inspiration for Indian sports, and she’s only just begun, says Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena.
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