Summary:
TOI trains the spotlight on some brave women who lead extraordinary lives and have fought to make Kolkata — and the world — a place of hopeHer friendly demeanour belies the nerves of steel. But she gradually won over the parents after making them realise that even girls had the right to play. From refusing to wear a hijab to setting up an all-women soccer team and throwing her weight behind victims of domestic violence, this feisty woman has ruffled quite a few feathers in her conservative Rajabazar locality. She faced wrath in the locality for daring to encourage girls to play football. But she refused lest she and her three children go without food as the husband was the bread-earner..