“A man’s thinking makes him paralyzed, not his physical deformity” Manish was too young and naive to understand the importance of his father’s statement at the time, but when he did understand, there was no stopping him. A physical deformity and several hardships was never enough to stop him from winning 19 National and 17 International medals in just three years.
Two times world championship bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain brought laurels to the state of Assam by being awarded the Arjuna award in the year 2020 by the President of India Mr. Ram Nath Kovind for her outstanding performance in boxing. She is the first Assamese woman to qualify for the Olympics, and is the state’s second boxer to represent the country after Shiva Thapa. She was the sixth individual from Assam to win the Arjuna Award in 2020.