New Delhi: Ayesha Noor, 19 year old girl from Kolkata has been in the news for all the good reasons. She is a gold medallist in karate at both national and international level.
Ayesha who was brought up in the slum area of Kolkata has fought dangerous disease like epilepsy and took it as a challenge to became one of the renowned Black Belt in Karate .
Recently an NGO The Independent Television Service (ITVS) has made a documentary on this wonder girl
Ayesha's father is an auto driver and they spend their life in a single room house at Mofidul Islam Lane in central Kolkata's Beniapukur.
Ayesha starts her day with a rigorous training at the Ramleela ground in Entally.
During her leisure time on Sunday evenings she also trains the girls in self-defence at a park opposite Rajabazar Science College in Kolkata.
“It has been a struggle. My father died, my mother sews for a living. Food at home is short. But my parents always told me to work hard and I did. Thanks to my coach, MA Ali. Without him nothing would have been possible,” said Ayesha to a news channel.
Her coach, Ali won gold medal at a major tournament in 1988 and also trained Ayesha's brother who brought her to Karate class one day.
She also mentioned her secret of hard work that she idolises Olympian boxing medallist Mary Kom of Manipur.
Ayesha has become a campaigner for the gender rights in the whole world with her achievements in boxing and the challenges that she faced in her life.
