About the Book: The Incredible Life of Arati Saha : The Swimmer Who Wouldnt Give
Up
'Arati Saha was born in 1940, and learnt to swim in the Hooghly river in
Calcutta as a child. At the age of eight, she competed in the National
Championship in Bombay, winning silver and bronze medals. When she was eleven
years and ten months, she was selected as one of the first four women to
represent independent India at the Helsinki Summer Olympics of 1952. She was the
youngest Indian Olympian—a record that stands till this day.
By the time she was eighteen, Arati was looking for a fresh challenge—she
decided