This 75-year-old grandmother can give shooters a run for their money
18 March 2015 10:46 PM IST
Meet the granny with the gun
If the Centernarian grandmother from South Africa who went sky diving and swimming with sharks was not enough inspiration, back home 75-year-old Prakaso Tomar is will make you think reconsider your retirement plans.
This gunslinger granny of Uttar Pradesh began her tryst with the revolver while accompanying her granddaughter to a shooting range one day. But age wasn’t her only hurdle—she faced constant criticism from her husband, who would sarcastically tell her to exchange jobs with their son, an armyman posted in Kargil, according to reports. Ignoring his jibes, she practised secretly, using a water jug as target.
Nicknamed ‘Amma Shooter’ and ‘Bandook Wali Dadi’, Prakasho, from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh is a role model for local women which is a male dominated society.
At her age, Tomar is perhaps the world's oldest professional shooters.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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