Pathmada

• Thank you. Archer who was forced to sell her bow gets help

  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.

• How you can help Nisha Rani

  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 ...

• Poverty forced this champion archer to sell her bow

  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...