The Woman On The Road Less Travelled

Brut India

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

00:58or rather to

01:00having a difficult family

01:02life to breaking

01:04a couple of bones and

01:06staying in the hospital

01:08for the long.

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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.

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