Fencer Shruti's battle for funds
Mumbai, Feb. 15 -- Bhavani Devi's Tokyo Olympics breakthrough, one assumed, would have opened the floodgates for fencing in India to some extent. But for those like Shruti Joshi, who became the National Games bronze medallist after a fighting loss to Bhavani in the women's sabre semi-finals, undercurrents of this far from developed niche sport in the country continue to be felt. Be it in her early days of pursuing this expensive sport coming from a humble background in Nagpur - her father is employed privately as a driver and her mother is a housewife. Or be it now as a 22-year-old knocking multiple doors for financial support to go a level up from competing domestically to internationally. "This National Games medal is fine, but I don't wa...
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