"I have seen hard times in my life. I lost my foot and was badly injured after a gang of thieves threw me out of the running train. I laid down on the tracks for hours and later was hospitalised. I could have failed and died."
Indian mountaineer and former national-level volleyball player who became the first female amputee to summit Mount Everest. She later completed major peaks as part of global mountaineering goals. She was born in 1989.