Football for freedom: Girls from rural Rajasthan play ball to fight patriarchy
Girls—aged between 10 and 20—from villages including Chachiyawas, Hansiyawas, Kharekhadi, Tedvon Ki Dhani and Padampura around Ajmer, Rajasthan, are finding confidence and perseverance in playing football and scoring goals on the field and in life
By: Amit Verma
An old patriarch and his grandson from Bhavani Khera watch a football match between the teams of Hansiyavas and Padampura. The girls hope there will be a wind of change in their patriarchal society and they will find more freedom for themselves.
