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Help pours in for Santhi Soundarajan

Winner of 11 international medals for India and around 50 medals for her home state Tamil Nadu, Santhi Soundarajan saw herself pushed down and humiliated, then forgotten and forced to slog it out in a brick kiln for sustenance

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But now help is on way. “I am not being treated like a human being. All I need now is a job that secures my future,” Soundarajan who won the 800 metres silver medal in the Doha Asian Games, but saw it snatched back after she failed a gender test, said over phone from her native Pudukottaiu00a0district.

Now there is ray of hope for her. Public sector GAIL (India) Ltd has announced a relief of Rs 100,000 for Soundarajan.

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