Interview: Pro-Kabaddi player Deepika Joseph on living her dream

Updated On: 20 July, 2016 08:26 AM IST | | Malay Desai

<p>The rise of Deepika Joseph from slums to a women's kabaddi league isn't the only reason to watch her slug it out tonight</p>

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Deepali Joseph

'I'll be okay with English too, you can ask!' Deepika Joseph smiles, as we greet her in dressing room of Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad. Joseph stands out in her team, Storm Queens, which made their debut this season with Pro Kabaddi Women's Challenge. She is stocky, wears more kohl in her eyes than her Haryanvi mates and isn't shy of being interviewed. A BA in English from Fergusson College, Pune, she is one of many seniors from the Indian kabaddi circuit who is enjoying the primetime limelight that the League has put on them. Joseph the all-rounder, or 'Didi' for her teammates, unwinds with us after a strenuous training session: