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From draught-prone village to WHIL: Rutuja Pisal story
The New Indian Express Kottayam
|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 Kottayam.
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