Paralympian Deepa Malik was felicitated by Malik Ghatwala Khap at a ceremony in Haryana's Rohtak on Wednesday. The mace is usually presented as a trophy to body builders, and is very much a symbol of male pride and strength. They also called me a ' gaon ka sher '.Time and again village elders have chosen to show their pride in the achievement of a person they see as a daughter. There are some who say village elders and chiefs in Haryana are not progressive. And sport provided the opportunity to a khap to prove to the world that not everything they do is regressive.

Source: Times of India November 30, 2016 12:15 UTC