How a kabaddi club is changing Indian girls' lives

A kabaddi club has helped Indian girls find new opportunities and become financially independent as adults.

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She is playing Kabaddi, an Indian contact sport now played in more than 50 countries across the world.

A Kabaddi game is played between two teams, each with seven players. Individuals take turns to run into the opposition's half of the pitch to tag opponents and make it back to their own half without being tackled to the ground.

But for 14-year-old Meena, this is about more than winning points. The sport offers an escape from a restricted, rural life and opens up a world of opportunities.

"It feels different when I play," she says shyly, struggling to find the words. "In that moment, I am not the Meena who is bound to housework, weighed down by pressures and expectations. It's just me and the opponent… It feels like I am more powerful than other girls who don't play."

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