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From drought prone village to WHIL: Rutuja Pisal story
The New Indian Express Kochi
|January 21, 2025
IF you wish to visit Rutuja Pisal's village from Pune and opt to use the public vehicle, you have to get to Phaltan – a town in the northeast part of Satara district – first.
IF you wish to visit Rutuja Pisal's village from Pune and opt to use the public vehicle, you have to get to Phaltan – a town in the northeast part of Satara district – first. Then you have to take another vehicle and travel for some 15 minutes to reach Kolki, a quaint village in the draught-prone area of the district. The village is so unassuming that you wouldn't know this is the place that has produced a world-class hockey player.
This story is from the January 21, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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