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Sharma, 50, is a serving police officer, and her stark comments indict rural society in a country where poverty, tradition and conservative attitudes hinder women's rights. State government funding covers training, while parents pay about 9,100 rupees a month for board and academic tuition, which is provided by a school next-door.
Some women earn prize money, but competing at state level can also bring them government jobs, and Sharma takes pride in seeing former students carving out careers, buying cars and moving ahead.But a new generation of women was inspired by the triumph of Geeta Phogat, who became the first female Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010.
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