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“They pushed me off a moving train, but they couldn’t push me out of my destiny.” Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest

On a cold night in 2011, a young national-level volleyball player lay alone on railway tracks, her life split into a before and an after she could never have imagined. That young woman was Arunima Sinha, and the story that began with unimaginable pain would eventually end at the highest point on Earth. She remembers…

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‘Kuchipudi, my lifelong companion’: UK-based Arunima Kumar conferred King Charles’ medal; hails ‘celebration of Indian classical dance’

Kuchipudi dancer Arunima Kumar became the first Kuchipudi dancer to be conferred King Charles III�s Honorary British Empire Medal. (PTI Photo) Renowned UK-based artist Arunima Kumar was conferred the King Charles III’s Honorary British Empire Medal (BEM) on Thursday, making her the first Kuchipudi dancer to receive the honour.The recognition comes for her “tireless efforts”…

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