New Delhi
Last year, Indian sports had witnessed some of the greatest moments in the sporting fields which involves a lot of women athletes achieving greater heights. On the eve of International Women’s Day 2022, our Blue Tigresses spoke about women’s empowerment in-depth and stressed why it is necessary for today’s generation. They believe that sports are one of the most powerful platforms for promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls.
Blue Tigresses captain Ashalata Devi said, “We are no less than any men and from the bottom of my heart I would like to say that we are multi-talented. So anyone looks down upon you or says wrong, you just have to work hard. They can give you a good or bad opinion but you need to focus on your dream by putting in a lot of handwork and dedication and keep on moving forward. We, the women are built different, but we can very much achieve what men can, and maybe more. In order to move forward, we need to be one and respect each other.” Custodian Aditi Chauhan described how women in India go through a number of societal barriers, which make them tougher.
“Women in India have gone through so much trying to achieve something or excel at something. They face society with all kinds of challenges, on different fronts. Not just from society, but even within their sport as well and within their families which really makes them so strong mentally as well as physically,” Blue Tigresses custodian Aditi Chauhan said during the panel discussion. “I think mental toughness is something that we as Indian women are strong at and that is one of the reasons why I say that especially for India women if they really set their target, they don’t mind facing anything because we’ve been through everything, faced everything, and come out on the other side to excel, so there is nothing we can’t get through,” she continued.
