About the Author Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, born in 1983, is an Indian boxer. The first and only woman boxer to have won a medal in each of the six world championships, she has been the recipient of several prestigious awards like the Padma Bhushan, the Arjuna Award, the Padma Shri and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, to name a few. In addition to winning numerous medals at different boxing championships all over the world, she also won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Since 2007, Mary has been teaching the sport of boxing for free to underprivileged children. She is married to Onler Kom and they have twin boys named Khupneivar and Rechungvar. Popularly called Magnificent Mary, she serves as a source of inspiration and motivation for countless women.
Bahinabai Chaudhari (Devanagari: बहिणाबाई चौधरी) (1880 – 3 December 1951) was a noted Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
She was born in 24 August 1880 (Nagpanchami) in Asoda in Khandesh District (present-day Jalgaon district). At the age of 13, she was married to Nathuji Chaudhari and became an early widow.
Though Bahinabai was totally illiterate(did not attend formal school), she was an accomplished poet. She verbally composed her poems in ovi (ओवी) metre, and her son Sopandev Chaudhari (1907–1982) wrote them down on paper. Her poems in Leva Ganboli language reflected her minute observations of nature and human life around her. They displayed her sense of subtle humor and much wisdom.had composed beautiful and appealing poems.she was the master in ahirani poetry.