Book description
A poor but feisty tomboy, 'Koni' Kanakchampa Paul. A fiery coach, with
an eye for talent and a passion for making it shine. A championship that
sets up privileged competitors against one who is constantly sidelined.
The stage is set for an explosive contest. And a sport stops being just
a game. In a city where sports clubs are guided by favouritsm, a coach
with a dream, Kshitish Sinha, plucks Koni from a slum and trains her to
swim. The spunky teenager battles her way past hardship, rivalry and
humiliation to negotiate a decisive lap against all odds. If she fails,
she loses everything that matters. And if she succeeds, she blazes a
trail out of her sorry circumstances. For the first time in translation,
this story of faith, grit and sportsmanship is a modern classic by Moti
Nandy, the master teller of sports stories.
