Fifteen-year-old Samina was the youngest member of Ladakh’s Ice Hockey Team at the Khelo India Winter Games 2025 in Leh
Kargil (Ladakh), January 28, 2025: Samina Khatoon’s mother gave a mild disapproval about taking up a sport which was predominantly pursued by boys in Ladakh’s Kargil District. “You will turn black and blue,” her mother had warned her. However, Samina could not resist the pair of skiing boots lying idle in her house. The boots were a gifted by her uncle to her elder broth...