Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Babita Phogat: I’ll come to Delhi for my wedding shopping

Dilwane dulhaniya November-December mein le jaayenge," smiles wrestler Babita Phogat, of the Phogat sisters who inspired the Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal (2016). She is decided to marry wrestler Vivek Suhag later this yr. She announced the chuffed news on Twitter with the submit: "@SuhagVivek you understand it's reliable should you get the blessing from my bapu. It's time for Dilwale to take her Dulhaniya (sic)." It brought about congratulatory messages from pugilist Vijender Singh and actor Randeep Hooda, among others.

Daughter of former wrestler and educate, Mahavir Singh Phogat, and more youthful sister of Geeta Phogat, she is a bronze medallist on the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and has won gold on the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth games. Vivek, also a wrestler from Haryana, got final 12 months's 'Kesari' award.

Babita says it's a "love-cum-arranged marriage". "We've ordinary each and every other for four years now. Ek doosre ko jaante the, baat cheet bhi hoti thi (We knew each and every different, would speak plenty). We decided to make it reputable with the aid of getting married. Gharwaalon ko bataya. Our households were chuffed with the alliance. Papa ji jaake unko ashirwaad de aaye (My father went ahead and gave his blessings to Vivek)," says Phogat.

The wrestler provides that she plans to do all her marriage ceremony browsing within the Capital. "I'll come to Delhi for searching, and may additionally shortlist a designer soon," she says.

Babita, who is convalescing from an damage, goals to qualify for the Olympics and finally convey home the glory of an Olympic gold medal for the nation.

mention how Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik married grappler Satyawart Kadian, and her sister Geeta married Delhi-based mostly wrestler Pawan Kumar, she shares an enchanting anecdote. "My mother says when i used to be small, jab papa bolte the ki 'leading apni beti ki shaadi kisi pehlwan se karoonga. Sabhi betiyon ki.' (My father would say I'll get all my daughters married to wrestlers). And when my mother asked him why a wrestler, he observed 'Pehalwan ke ghar khaane peene ki kabhi kami nahin hogi. Meri beti kabhi bhookhi nahin rahegi (There is not any scarcity of meals in a wrestler's apartment, my daughter will by no means go hungry)," she laughs.

On a lighter note, she shares: "There's lots of support when your companion is in the same occupation. Hum wrestling karte hain toh woh humein suffering se jaante hain, kyunki woh khud ek wrestler hai, ki kitni mehnat lagti hai. (i am a wrestler, and he is aware of me very well because he himself is one). And what it takes to obtain top notch heights during this field. He do not need been capable of take into account me as plenty, had he been from a special container."

First published: Jun eleven, 2019 11:forty eight IST

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