From a childhood in a village with no roads to glory on the Olympic stage in Tokyo, Lovlina Borgohain's journey has been one of the most inspirational India has ever seen. Cartoonist Satish Acharya salutes the doughty boxer and her indefatigible will that 
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Cartoon: Olympic champ Lovlina the lionheart

From a childhood in a village with no roads to glory on the Olympic stage in Tokyo, Lovlina Borgohain's journey has been one of the most inspirational India has ever seen. Cartoonist Satish Acharya salutes the doughty boxer and her indefatigible will that has finally brought a road to her village. The New Indian Express' North-east correspondent Prasanta Mazumdar incidentally was the first to report on the lack of roads in Lovlina's village.

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