It took a few broken bones, many visits to the hospital, and a fearless love for the road for Aishwarya Pissay to become the first Indian to win a world title in motorbiking. She tells Brut India about her backbreaking journey.
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00:34Most of my races that I raced in the initial days
00:36were with the boys. I didn't really have
00:38a lot of women or rather there were no
00:40women when I started racing. I was the
00:42only woman on the grid riding in the race.
00:44So it was quite different to
00:46kind of beat the boys.
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00:52I think it went on from
00:54not being able to finish
00:56my 12th or failing
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01:00having a difficult family
01:02life to breaking
01:04a couple of bones and
01:06staying in the hospital
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01:24I had to fight against all the odds
01:26and naysayers
01:28and I think that's pretty much what it took
01:30to be where I am.
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01:54They also wanted me to pick up a 9-to-5 job when I started it as a passion.
02:11But when TV station came along, it kind of changed a lot of things.
02:14It gave me a perspective that it can be a profession as well.
02:18And I think, post-switch, they've been supportive.
02:26As the helmet goes on, there is no gender.