Battling all odds: The rise of young subaltern women
Hindustan TimesAs Monika Kumari begins a two-week, all-female scientific wilderness expedition to Mount Baker, an active volcano, in Washington, USA, she might want to consider the distance she ha s come. Hima Das, who brought home four gold medals in 15 days, is the daughter of a farmer Hutup village, Jharkhand, where she lives, is over 11,500 km away. When she first showed her outdoor spirit, playing football as a six-year-old, relatives and neighbours scoffed: Who had ever heard of girls wearing shorts and playing sport? Supported by BookASmile, Yuwa works with girls from impoverished, mainly tribal, families in rural Jharkhand and was set up by Franz Gastler, an American who came to India as a business consultant in 2007, visited a village near Ranchi on work, and never went back. Hima Das, who brought home four gold medals in 15 days, is the daughter of a farmer.
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