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Bengal woman who gave up football at 16 now coaches tribal girls for free

short by Udit Gupta / on Wednesday, 21 October, 2026
Bharati Mudi, who gave up football at 16 after her community threatened to boycott her family, now coaches tribal girls for free in rural Bengal. In 2009, she returned to the field to train her daughter and her school friends. Despite having no formal training, Mudi coaches in a saree and wants to see a girl from Bankura represent India.
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