News for 'Sumedha Mahajan'

Running for life

Running for life

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

Business consultant by profession and an endurance runner by passion, Sumedha Mahajan, author of just-released book Miles to Run Before I Sleep, created history when she ran as the only woman in a team of five from Delhi to Mumbai in 2012. In a conversation with Rediff.com, Sumedha truns the spotlight on the big takeaway from the event that changed her life.

'I am a woman, and people expect me to fail and give up'

'I am a woman, and people expect me to fail and give up'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

'And please understand, I do not want to finish with a consolation prize of participation, but finish shoulder to shoulder with the men.' The inspiring story of a gutsy woman who braved the odds to prove that women can be winners too.