‘I was going to collect BPL ration’: Neeru Dhanda’s mother learnt of her daughter’s Asian Games gold while heading to the ration shop; behind the moment is the shooter’s journey of borrowed guns and f

Neeru Dhanda won gold in women’s trap shooting at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. On Tuesday morning, Sudesh Devi was on her way to collect wheat under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration scheme in Sangatpura village in Haryana’s Jind district when she received the news that her daughter had just made history in Japan. “I was going to get the ration under the poverty line,” Sudesh told ANI, recalling the moment she learnt that Neeru Dhanda had won gold at the 2026 Asian Games. The contrast was stark. While her mother was making her way to a ration…