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00:00In this episode of Zainziata, I am bringing you something really special from Noida Stadium here in Delhi NCR.
00:07We have already seen the incredible win of Indian women's team in the World Cup ODI.
00:13India clinched the victory.
00:14I am here to cover this special story by talking to the young people here in India,
00:19talking about what are their hopes, their dreams and their thoughts on the future of women's sports in the country.
00:25So, let's talk to some youngsters here and what do they think about the future of women's sports in our country.
00:32So, let's start with this little one here.
00:34What are your names?
00:35Ananya.
00:36What do you play in Noida Stadium?
00:38Cricket.
00:39What do you want to become?
00:40Cricketer.
00:41Any motivation that you have that you want to be someone like this Indian women's cricketer?
00:49I like the best, because they are good to play cricket maybe.
00:54National team you are talking about?
00:55Yes.
00:56Smithi Mandana?
00:58Yeah.
00:59How do you know that she loves Smithi Mandana?
01:01She has some posters in her bag and like stickers on her bag.
01:07So, she sometimes shows me that.
01:08So, I know that.
01:09Right.
01:10What's your name?
01:11My name is Kavya Aadar.
01:12Kavya, I have seen you here playing.
01:15Why did you choose cricket only?
01:17Why not any other sport?
01:18It makes me feel free and it's like something I love a lot.
01:25This recent win for Indian women's cricket team, this is not just about the trophy, but
01:30also about the change in perception about women's sports in India.
01:34Have you had any challenges in your life when you asked your parents that this is the sport
01:39that I want to get into?
01:39Not my parents, but there are my grandparents who always try to convince my parents that
01:48I shouldn't play cricket.
01:49It's not meant for women's or something.
01:51But now, if India has won, so it has proved that girls are meant to be cricketers also.
02:02So, have you talked to your grandparents after the massive win by Indian women's cricket team?
02:06Yeah, they didn't say anything.
02:09They shared that you should go in sports also, but you should have a backup plan also.
02:17Backup plan?
02:18You know, this is a common perception across players.
02:21Whenever I talk to women in sports, they often tell me about the backup option.
02:28Why can't this be the main stream option for women, the main career option for women?
02:34For me, it's the main and I know that I am giving my 100% and I know I will get something
02:44in my life from this.
02:45But there are some stereotypical people who think that women are a little weak or something.
02:53So, which makes them think that we should have a backup plan.
02:57How do you plan to break the barriers, break this stereotypicalness?
03:01Proving them by winning like just the women's day recently.
03:05So, we have talked about the challenges.
03:07How do you plan your day when you get them in the morning?
03:09How do you plan your training?
03:11My coach has told me about like if we come here, we should have something that like we
03:19should have planned something that now today I will improve this part of my training or
03:24this part of my batting or something, your game.
03:27And that's how I come with a mindset.
03:31Like sometimes there are players which come blank that I will learn something.
03:37If you come with a mindset or a goal, you are more dedicated eventually.
03:42Also, talk to me about the infrastructure that you have seen here in Noida and Delhi NCR.
03:46And also if you have visited other places, I'm not too sure about it.
03:49But how do you perceive, how do you look at the infrastructure which is currently in place
03:54in India?
03:56It's improving day by day.
04:01And I am loving how the government is supporting and how BCAC is also supporting women's cricket,
04:10increasing the prize money.
04:13As we saw in the last winning match, the women's got 40 crores and the men's get 33 crores or
04:23something.
04:24So for you, the equality in pay is also very essential if one has to push forward this entire
04:32goal of promoting the women's sport in India.
04:35So I have the coach of cricket team here in Noida Stadium.
04:39He is actually training the boys team, but I'm going to talk to him about what he thinks
04:42about the future of women's cricket in India.
04:45So you might be knowing that Indian women's World Cup team won recently.
04:49What do you think?
04:49How do you look at the future of women's sports in India?
04:51Not just cricket, all the other sports as well.
04:54I think Indians win cricket and in many sports, women are doing absolutely great.
05:03But they've shown their power in the cricket ground, which advires us to believe in women's
05:10ability.
05:12And it's an honour to watch Indian cricket team play like this.
05:17And we appreciate the effort they put on the ground.
05:22But how far is this journey, do you think?
05:25Recently, of course, there is a massive change in perception.
05:27But what do you think Indian government can do more with regards to promoting Indian women's
05:32cricket or other sports of women in India?
05:35What more can Indian government do?
05:38Indian government need to really rethink about the scenario of the sports we play.
05:48Actually, we need more women's empowerment in the sports than any other games.
05:56And any other field.
05:59Like...
05:59How much motivated you to get into cricket?
06:04What do you think you have contributed on the ground level?
06:08On the ground level, our kids are doing a lot better.
06:11And the girls are doing a lot better now.
06:15And they are doing a lot better on the ground level.
06:19With our kids and women's smart, we shouldn't use it.
06:22But we should get to actually theción.
06:23That's why it's really worrying.
06:25Because it's really not.
06:26They have contributions from us.
06:26This has been dedicated to all our kids with management.
06:28Just, as well as of the men, they need the weight of their kids.
06:30So we're building the weight of your women's,
06:31ования, which is relatively good about the benefit.
06:32But we set out the point of the potential and control of our youths,
06:33I am sure that the girls will be able to achieve great achievements.
06:43The BCI team has a good approach to men and women.
06:53So this was incredible, because this was the second board of New Zealand, the Indian BCI board,
06:59which is so good and is able to take up the board and the country for equality.
07:07And it was really good for us, so it was really good for us.
07:11And yes, Indian government should also do this, because we are not thinking about it.
07:15This is the BCI initiative, but Indian government is not doing anything.
07:19So let's see what happens next.
07:22Thank you so much for talking.
07:23What's your name?
07:24My name is Vikas Srivastav, and I'm an athletic coach here at ASA Academy.
07:31I was in the army and I went through sports.
07:35In the last year, in 2015, I was doing an operation of India-Pakistan.
07:42When I was shooting a gun, it was cut in an operation of my two fingers.
07:48The right hand finger and the middle finger.
07:51Now I'm coming to ASA Academy, I'm training and I'm going to try and get ready to go to the army and go to the army and do sports.
08:02I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:04I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:06I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:19I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:32I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:33I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:35I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:36I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:37I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:38I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:41I'm also a sports person in the army.
08:50I've been in Indian.
08:52of the country are facing when they want to progress their careers in sports.
08:55Because a lot of people say this is a secondary thing, main career is something else apart
09:00from sports.
09:01No, it's not like that.
09:03The girls are supporting, look at how good the girls are in the cricket team, first you
09:08saw Geeta and Babita how good the girls are in wrestling, and you saw how good the girls
09:17are athletes, PT GUSA, how good the girls are in the badminton, PB Sundhu, and a lot of girls
09:28are going to take medals to the Olympics, they are doing great, if they get support, they
09:34do good.
09:35If you want to say something about the government of India and what we can do in the field of
09:40sports, so that women of the country can choose this as a main career option and not a secondary
09:45one.
09:46We will say that we are going to say sports, like Noida Stadium, and we don't want to
09:56do facilities, but we can't get coaches, but we can't get coaches, we can't get coaches,
10:03we can't get coaches, sports, stadiums, etc.
10:07We can't get athletes, like Noida, there's no synthetic track.
10:11We can't get coaches here.
10:12We can't get coaches, we can't get coaches, we will get coaches, but what they can do
10:13to go to school.
10:14How do you all work.
10:15This is a lot of coaches.
10:16We can't get coaches, if we can't get coaches, but we can't get coaches, we can't get ho
10:34What is the support of the government, the parents, the public, and the support of the public?
10:41And we do it too, but we can stay wherever and wherever.
10:44That's why we can't get the support in a proper way.
11:04What do you want to say about the barriers that Indian women face in terms of promoting their careers in sports?
11:09Okay, so as a women's sport, there are many barriers.
11:16The middle family who can't support any support, they also want.
11:21Money, which is important for any other thing, can't find anything.
11:26What do you think about money?
11:28When I talk about it, people say that this is a second option.
11:33Because there are seasonal games and tournaments, so there are no money.
11:37So not only to start off their careers, but also to sustain their livelihoods.
11:42So there are many problems.
11:44Yes, this is the main point.
11:47They don't support them.
11:49There are many games, but what do they increase?
11:53Why do they do parents?
11:56The boys are like cricket.
11:58The boys are like cricket.
11:59The boys are like cricket.
12:00We can see that the boys are like cricket.
12:02If cricket is a match, then you will also see that if cricket plays both,
12:09then the boys play cricket in the Indian team.
12:13The boys are like cricket compared to girls.
12:15The media coverage is also less.
12:17We don't have interest.
12:19and what do they do.
12:20Like the video has seen the World Cup,
12:22the families of their families will appreciate them.
12:26And those people of their people will appreciate their face.
12:30Next on this, they can do that, wherever and then.
12:34Whenever and then,
12:36each person will see their boys and other activities.
12:42What should we do as the government of India or as the citizens of the country to promote
12:48to ensure that there is equality between both men and women?
12:51There are different companies like boys who are crickets, they promote them, so they promote
12:59the boys who are crickets, they promote more money, as compared to girls who are crickets,
13:07they promote their competitors, so if we look at this, the main impact of the sponsor is
13:14the main sponsor, because where there is no sponsor, there will be a lot of things.
13:19What's your name?
13:20Shrivashu.
13:21Shrivashu, now we will talk about how women should go forward in sports, so tell me,
13:27there are all facilities in your school.
13:29Yes, there are all facilities in our school, but with the timing and the month, like running,
13:36running, it will go around January, March, and when it is covered in football, it will
13:42start the numbers.
13:43Okay, so if you play covered in January, then it is not possible?
13:47No.
13:48There are all facilities in your school, so do you find all the facilities in your school?
13:54Football, covered in cricket, badminton and swimming, of course.
14:00Swimming, of course.
14:01So generally, if I talk about school or class, what are the girls interested in the game?
14:10Kabaddi and badminton.
14:11Badminton and Kabaddi.
14:12Do you think there are some girls like football, cricket, or male dominated sports?
14:18No.
14:19No.
14:20No.
14:21No, there are no girls like football or cricket.
14:22No one was before.
14:23No one was before.
14:24So what can you do after this?
14:25What can you do after this?
14:26What can you do after this?
14:27No one doesn't want to learn.
14:28No one doesn't want to learn.
14:29No one doesn't want to learn.
14:30Why do you think that if we have taught a girl to play football or cricket, that she
14:35won't do good?
14:36What kind of mindset has been created?
14:38We have seen that the Indian women's cricket team has won the World Cup ODI.
14:41What can you do after this?
14:42What
14:44Is it talking about your parents?
14:45What can you see in the future of what was the reason?
14:50They don't hire their parents because they are scared to hire with the school.
14:56There are some coaches who give them an N.O.C.
14:59But then the coaches only hire a female coach and there are no one.
15:04I'm not going to stay in school in the hostel.
15:07So you feel that parents have a little concern that if they send girls out, they will go out in hostels.
15:14So what can you do to change this? Shreshi, please tell me that if this mindset is to change the society's mindset,
15:21that they can't promote women's safety in sports, then what can they do to change their culture?
15:27Parents have to change their culture.
15:30Which sports are you interested in?
15:31Running.
15:32So tell me, what is your top speed?
15:36I don't know.
15:39You don't know?
15:40No.
15:41Okay, thank you Shreshi.
15:43So what's your name?
15:44My name is Tanmi Kaushik.
15:45Which sport do you play here in Noida Stadium?
15:47Athletics. Since one year, I used to play this athletics. In lockdown time, I have gained weight. So here I came for fitness.
15:58Tanmi, tell me, you gained weight during lockdown and that's why you joined athletics so that you can lose some weight.
16:05But do you also want to get into sports professionally? Yes.
16:08Which sport do you want to get into? Athletics? Athletics, no. I want to play like long jump but because of my weight, I didn't like continue that.
16:19There are so many sports out there. Why long jump?
16:22I don't know why it attracted me but yes, I like that sports.
16:28So do you watch videos on YouTube or do you attend events where you get to see long jump live?
16:34I didn't attend the event but I used to see videos and shots of that long jump.
16:41Do you have any favourite player in long jump? No.
16:45No.
16:46What are the challenges that women in our country face so that they are not able to excel in sports?
16:51I guess that's freedom.
16:54Freedom. Freedom too.
16:55The president didn't get the freedom. That they want to go for like their event like outside the Delhi. Their parents didn't support or like they say,
17:05What will you do?
17:07So I consider myself very fortunate because by chance I actually met Anadi Barua sir.
17:14Thank you so much for speaking with Asianate News.
17:17And we are actually doing a program and talking to people.
17:20What do they think about the future of women's sports in India?
17:23Your comments.
17:24First of all, it's a very good question.
17:26It's very difficult to say women's.
17:29Actually, we don't have a sports culture in India.
17:32In Europe, we have a sports culture.
17:35But in India, it's very difficult for the girls.
17:39Basically, the Indian mentality, the parents, they don't allow to play the girls.
17:45But now, the parents are very enthusiastic to play football or any game.
17:51Now, the scenario has changed.
17:54The parents are very happy to send their girls here.
17:59The main basic problem is we have a lot of studies in our academics here in India.
18:07That's why the girls or boys, I take, they do not come.
18:12The main is studies.
18:14If any girls play for the school team or they are studying in school, they come after 3 o'clock.
18:20Then they come into the academy.
18:22It's very difficult to play football or any game.
18:25So, that is the main reason for the girls.
18:28Men, girls, we have a lot of girls.
18:30We are good in Manipur and the rest of all state teams.
18:37We have a very good football team.
18:40I talk about the football team.
18:42Bengal, Goa, outstanding players.
18:46The men, we don't have the opportunity to join the service.
18:50There is no, why they play?
18:52If I say, she is my daughter.
18:54I should say, why she play for country or play football?
18:58There is no opportunity.
19:00If the government gives 5% opportunities for girls, for railways, or CISF, Bank of Baroda,
19:09any institution, government institution, they also play.
19:12But we have a, I again say, we don't play as a sports culture.
19:18Sir, you have spoken about a lot of issues.
19:21First, mindset.
19:22Secondly, the support from the Indian government.
19:25How do you think we can tackle these challenges so that we are able to promote women in sports?
19:29And choose that as a primary career.
19:31Because a lot of women say that this is a secondary thing.
19:34And a primary will be something else.
19:36Like a government job or becoming a doctor, an engineer.
19:39And sports will come secondary.
19:41Men, basically, if we get something.
19:44If you go for, just like a girls team, they win World Cup.
19:49The government also give money.
19:51The rest of all the countries, all the people, they are very happy to see.
19:54And they give money.
19:56But in our scenario, the girls are playing for first, play for school team.
20:02Then, as one of the state team is very difficult.
20:05They cannot play.
20:07After eight or tenth, they are just leave the football and going for studies.
20:12The main reason is the girls.
20:13I talk about the girls only.
20:15Boys, they play.
20:16No problem.
20:17The better you talk to girls, they say each and everything.
20:19Yeah.
20:20So, I have two girls here from, you know, the football team here.
20:24What's your name?
20:25Aparna.
20:26Aparna.
20:27Aparna.
20:28Aparna.
20:29Aparna.
20:30Aparna.
20:31Aparna.
20:32Aparna.
20:33Aparna.
20:34Aparna.
20:35Aparna.
20:36Aparna.
20:37Aparna.
20:38Aparna.
20:39Aparna.
20:40Aparna.
20:41Aparna.
20:42Aparna.
20:43Aparna.
20:44I didn't play as well, like when I came to the ground, I didn't have enough skills to develop and I couldn't achieve enough goals.
20:54When I started playing, I couldn't achieve enough goals, but there were some difficulties.
21:00So now it's been three years that you have been playing football, so do you want this as a primary career option?
21:06I want to be a footballer and represent my country at national level and play football.
21:11I can be, but I have to balance both my studies and football as I have to get knowledge of football to play.
21:21So do you have the support of your parents and the backing?
21:24Do you want to go forward with this goal of becoming a footballer and playing for the national team?
21:30They also want me to play, be healthy and make me more knowledgeable.
21:38What's your name?
21:39Amaira
21:40When did you start football?
21:42I started in 2023 at the age of nine.
21:45Do you have your parents' support when you play football?
21:48Yes.
21:49How many hours in a day do you play?
21:51Two hours.
21:52And that is after school, right?
21:54Yes.
21:55Do you think that this is something which should become an integral part of academic so that you don't have to, you know, first complete your studies and then hit the ground?
22:02That's a lot of pressure.
22:03No.
22:04No.
22:05No.
22:06What do you say?
22:07Because I have a gap like one hour between my school and the coaching so it doesn't pressurize me.
22:14So you are ready to put in the hard effort.
22:16Coach wants to say something.
22:17No.
22:18Actually both are very good players.
22:20She has very good skill.
22:22Aparna also.
22:23Aparna also.
22:24Aparna also.
22:25Aparna also.
22:26Aparna also.
22:27in Somina, not...
22:28Yeah.
22:29What's the name?
22:30Amehra.
22:31Amehra,。。Amehra played very good game.
22:34She played three baby licks football tournaments.
22:37She got the best player award and we enjoy football, no?
22:42Just enjoy, only play the game only.
22:44Be it football, be it cricket women are excelling in every category of sport and I hope this continues for our nation in the future as well.
22:54You
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