{"id":55297,"date":"2023-05-19T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2023\/may\/19\/skate-and-destroy-indias-skatergirl-pioneers"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:00:23","slug":"we-say-skate-and-destroy-just-commit-and-do-it-indias-skatergirl-pioneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=55297","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We say, skate and destroy! Just commit and do it\u2019: India\u2019s skatergirl pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s small group of female skateboarders are smashing stereotypes and forming strong communities. We hear some of their stories<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Delhi, India, I was always fascinated by the stories of women who challenged societal norms and broke barriers. As a photographer, I am passionate about capturing the stories of such trailblazing women, as their stories inspire and empower others to pursue their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>India is a country of diversity and growth. Even though women face many challenges, many are pushing back against the status quo and carving out their own paths in life. I have also always wanted to use my work to contribute to the representation of south Asian women in the media and break down stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>Urmila, Tulika and Shruti in Mumbai in March<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2023\/may\/19\/skate-and-destroy-indias-skatergirl-pioneers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s small group of female skateboarders are smashing stereotypes and forming strong communities. We hear some of their storiesGrowing up in Delhi, India, I was always fascinated by the stories of women who challenged societal norms and broke barrie&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3751,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,612,61,203,281,42,1050],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india","category-skateboarding","category-south-and-central-asia","category-sport","category-women","category-world-news","category-young-people"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3751"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55298,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55297\/revisions\/55298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}