Haryana girls set for Sweden football tourney

IN the lanes of Haryana's Jind and Rohtak, where footballs often bounce off the boundaries of rice fields, a quiet revolution is taking flight.

- IFRAH MUFTI @ New Delhi

IN the lanes of Haryana's Jind and Rohtak, where footballs often bounce off the boundaries of rice fields, a quiet revolution is taking flight. A group of teenage girls—many with cropped boy-cut hair and dreams bigger than their villages—are packing their boots and jerseys for an extraordinary journey.