Saraswathy(Sara) Kameswaran, skiied on both the Poles in the year 2007. She was a self funded Indian from Tamilnadu. She was the First ever Indian woman to ski on both the Poles in the same year.
Without a deft agent to publicize her historic feat, Sara completed her achievement as quietly as the person she is. She is simply happy to have made it.
http://www.polarexplorers.com/ExpeditionTracker2007.htm#SP1deg
http://www.icetrek.com/index.php?id=729
Skiing in the Pole is just not like skiing on the Heavenly slopes in Lake Tahoe or Aspen slopes in Colorado. You need a special combination of dream, determination and grit to brave the below zero tempratures and to carry your own food & excrements.
Now the whole web world is ablaze with a news item on Reena Kaushal - another Indian woman - as the First Indian Woman "preparing" to go to the South Pole in 2010. God bless Reena with a safe passage and completion. But, Sara already did it in 2007. You know because Reena is going with a commonwealth all women team, and she has proper planning and publicizing agent and her guide is so fiercely protective and assures that Reena is going to be the first Indian Woman - can the fact that Sara did both the Poles in 2007 be nullified?
The Indian media, even the media in Tamilnadu is not interested in talking about the First Tamil Woman who did this historic feat. People say, with access to internet, the world is at your finger tips and you can contact any one you want. This is not practically true. You can email thousands of individuals, unless they decide to read that email or respond to that mail, you do not know if your case is heard, leave alone being considered.
I am looking for a miracle to happen, so the world or at least India will know Sara did both the poles in the same year in 2007.
12 comments:
Is this the same Saraswathy who did her Engineering from Karaikudi. I remember reading about it in Vikatan a couple of years ago. Please confirm!
Oh...Yes Ofcourse. The same Saraswathy. It came in Ananadhavikatan 'Jolly Tour Special' on 28.03.07.
hi,
may i copy your post onto my blog? I'll obviously link and give credit. This hasn't been given due importance by mainstream media, time to turn the tables on them!
Suki-Anything to get recognition for Sara. Thanks for taking the time.
Posted on my blog, I hope the word spreads.
Have put this up on my blog, with a link to you.
put this upon my blog too, linked u too!
hope it works...
suki, Goofy Mumma, Imp's Mom - Thank you very much.
Saraswathy is senior to me in college. I have spread the word as much as I can. Some friends have said they will do what they can. You can see IBH's update here. http://arigatho.blogspot.com
Thats cool yaadayaada. Are you from around Karaikudi? Does Sara know you?
Did anything come out of the blog publicity?
Any updates?
Sara had sent in details for Limca Book of Records registration.
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