Munmuni Das: The 14-year-old hockey player who fought poverty to live her dreams

Munmuni Das, who comes from a small town in Assam, started playing hockey at the age of 10 after seeing some boys play the sport in her school but she neither had a hockey stick nor a kit to wear to the practice.

Anita Jat


Munmuni Das

Munmuni Das comes from a small town of Tinsukia district in Assam and belonged to the poorest strata of society. Her father was a street hawker and sold fish and could barely make ends meet, leave aside fulfilling her daughter’s dream to play hockey.