Sharon Aby: The Unstoppable Chess Champion

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Sharon Rachel Aby, the national women's chess champion under the differently abled category is now  vying for top honours in the Asian Chess Championship in Kyrgistan. She's battling a rare spinal condition. NDTV's Sam Daniel caught up with the two time national champion just before she took off even as her family seeks government support for her spinal disease that costs seventy  lakh a year. 

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