Updated On: 27 September, 2023 07:40 AM IST | Hangzhou | Ashwin Ferro
On Tuesday, India’s wushu star from Manipur, Naorem Roshibina Devi, stormed into the semi-finals of the women’s 60kg event, assuring herself of at least a bronze medal, even as her parents have been caught in the crossfire of the ongoing ethnic tensions back home

Naorem Roshibina Devi. Pic/ANI; (right) Wushu chief Bhupender Singh Bajwa. Pic/Ashwin Ferro
While your family back home is fighting to stay alive, how can someone so effortlessly go about their daily job hundreds of miles away from them, and furthermore go on to excel at it?
On Tuesday, India’s wushu star from Manipur, Naorem Roshibina Devi, stormed into the semi-finals of the women’s 60kg event, assuring herself of at least a bronze medal, even as her parents have been caught in the crossfire of the ongoing ethnic tensions back home.