Talk of Leh and Ladakh, and one conjures images of the highest mountain passes, breathtaking landscapes, monasteries and, of course, sub-zero temperatures. Pursuing any form of sport there against huge odds is quite a feat by itself and it's on this score, the modest, 17-member squad at the Khelo India Youth Games has already proved to be a winner.
While boxing accounted for 10 of the athletes
While boxing accounted for 10 of the athletes from the Union Territory and one in athletics – all of them have left on an arduous journey back home barring the six who are participating in the indigenous sport of Thang Ta.
Coming from a lower-middle-class family in the Sehore district, where her father Gaffar Khan used to work as a support staff in a chemical factory, disaster struck when her 'abbu' was killed in a blast only last year.