Archer Sells Bow

Promising Jharkhand archer Sonu Khatoon's dream of emulating her champion Deepika Kumari was shattered when her bow broke a couple of years ago, but an intervention by the state government has given her a chance to dream again.

When Nisha Rani won the silver medal at the 2008 South Asian Championship in Jharkhand, there wasn't much national recognition. She was gifted a bow in December 2010 worth four lakhs by a Korean coach who was impressed with her skills. A year later, she was forced to sell it to pay for roofing up her father's mud shack.

Terming the incident as "unfortunate", Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Friday assured all kind of assistance to gold medallist archer Nisha Rani Dutta, who was forced to sell her world-class bow to repair her mud house.

Nisha Rani, once a young and promising faces on the Indian archery circuit, winning laurels and medals for the nation has fallen on hard times. The 21-year-old from Pathmada village in the Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand has been forced to sell her bow to repair her mud house. Nisha, who has been part of the archery teams of Tata Steel and Mittal ...

She was one of the young and promising face on the Indian archery circuit, winning laurels and medals for the nation. That was back in 2007. Now, all the hopes and dreams of Nisha Rani are dying a painful death. Languishing in abject poverty, the 21-year-old from Pathmada village in the Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand has been forced to sell her b...

Promising Jharkhand archer Sonu Khatoon's dream of emulating her champion Deepika Kumari was shattered when her bow broke a couple of years ago, but an intervention by the state government has given her a chance to dream again.

When Nisha Rani won the silver medal at the 2008 South Asian Championship in Jharkhand, there wasn't much national recognition. She was gifted a bow in December 2010 worth four lakhs by a Korean coach who was impressed with her skills. A year later, she was forced to sell it to pay for roofing up her father's mud shack.

Terming the incident as "unfortunate", Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Friday assured all kind of assistance to gold medallist archer Nisha Rani Dutta, who was forced to sell her world-class bow to repair her mud house.

Nisha Rani, once a young and promising faces on the Indian archery circuit, winning laurels and medals for the nation has fallen on hard times. The 21-year-old from Pathmada village in the Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand has been forced to sell her bow to repair her mud house. Nisha, who has been part of the archery teams of Tata Steel and Mittal ...

She was one of the young and promising face on the Indian archery circuit, winning laurels and medals for the nation. That was back in 2007. Now, all the hopes and dreams of Nisha Rani are dying a painful death. Languishing in abject poverty, the 21-year-old from Pathmada village in the Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand has been forced to sell her b...