The trailblazer: Ujjwala Raut, a slim, 1.77-meter former pentathlon specialist from Maharashtra.

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India won their first track medal since Milkha Singh, father of golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, won the men's 400m in 1958 when Kavita Raut took bronze in the women's 10, 000m .

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With features typical of the Konkani people from southwest India (light brown complexion and often green, grey or blue eyes after centuries of interaction with European traders), Raut "could be from anywhere, " says Bidapa.

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"These deep pillars and unnecessary reclamation on both sides of the bridge will have terrible consequences, " warns Girish Raut, an environmental activist who has worked with fishermen residing on two ends of the link.

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