00:00Music
00:23It was very difficult in the beginning because I am a girl and a girl is playing sports with boys in the village.
00:35So it was a very different thing for the villagers.
00:45The best trucks in skateboarding are Ollie and Rocky.
00:51When I go up, I feel like I am flying.
01:12No school, no skateboard.
01:14We used to say, what is the point of going to school? Let's play.
01:20The kids were not letting me go to school. They were telling me to go to school when I get a board.
01:33There are two castes here, Advasi and Adho.
01:36There are two kids from Adho who are skateboarders and we skate together.
01:43And they are my friends.
01:51My parents used to tell me not to go to school.
01:54They used to tell me not to go to school because I would break my hands and legs.
01:57They used to tell me to work at home and stay at home.
02:00Now they tell me to work at home and go to school to skate.
02:07I am a girl and a girl is playing sports with boys in the village.
02:10So it was a very different thing for the villagers.
02:13The best trucks in skateboarding are Ollie and Rocky.
02:16When I go up, I feel like I am flying.
02:19The kids were not letting me go to school. They were telling me to go to school when I get a board.
02:23And they were telling me to work at home and stay at home.
02:26Now I am a girl and a girl is playing sports with boys in the village.
02:30They used to tell me not to go to school because I would break my hands and legs.
02:33My cousin fellow has seen me skate, and I have not seen him for a long time.
02:36I felt I should learn to skate.
02:58I used to not be able to tell people,
03:02I couldn't make friends.
03:04I started going out and I met a lot of kids in Delhi and Patna and they became my new friends.
03:16Music
03:28Today I speak very good English.
03:34I work with kids and I also study online. I have become a homeschooler.
03:42Music
03:47I got my freedom because of skateboarding. If I didn't skateboard, my family would have sent me somewhere to get married.
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