Jyotirmoyee Sikdar on her journey as a sportsperson, in West Bengal

From the archive record

She said it was a moment of pride when she won gold in 800 m and 1500 m events in the 1998 Asian Games. Born and raised in a small town of West Bengal she said that the journey was tough as girls were not allowed to participate in sports. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar has been an Indian Athlete and has brought the nation laurels by grabbing Gold Medals at Bangkok Asian Games 1998. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to b