Pritam Rani Siwach, former captain of the Indian women’s hockey team, started an academy for underprivileged girls in Sonepat, Haryana. Her academy has produced Olympians like Neha Goyal, Nisha Warsi and Sharmila Devi, and given hundreds of others an education and a secure livelihood.
Getting the nation’s attention during the semi-finals of hockey against Argentina at Tokyo Olympics over the Indian cricket team would seem unfathomable for Neha Goyal from Haryana who started playing the sport to escape her dark reality.