Amid Kashmir's unrest, girls' sports are more than a game
A few years ago, when Insha Bashir Mir began playing cricket in her neighborhood playground, she was ridiculed by neighbors who told her not to play a “boy’s game.”
But then, as now, she ignored that derision by remembering her father’s words: “Don’t answer people with your mouth, but through your bat.”
Ms. Mir, now a student at Government Women’s College in Baramulla – 40 miles north of the state capital, Srinagar – is daughter of a businessman father and homemaker mother, both of whom enthusiastically support her passion.
She’s part of new generation of local girls showing their mettle in sports, from rugby and soccer to karate. That alone is
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