"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1 Jan 2023
Haryana police inspector Anita Kundu is scaling new heights, literally. She has already reached the summit of Mount Everest thrice and now is preparing to climb it again in 2023.
Life was not easy for Kundu who lost her father when she was only 12. To earn and look after her two sisters and brother, she would go along with her mother to sell milk. Though she lost her father at a tender age, his words of motivation would always come to her mind.
Kundu recalls that her father always wanted her to be a top sportsperson. Growing up, she faced numerous hardships, but she faced all challenges bravely. Although her father wanted her to be a boxer, she developed an interest in adventure sports.
When Kundu first joined the police service in 2008, she told her senior officers that she wanted to be a mountaineer. She took intensive training for it and enrolled herself in expert mountain climbing training.
The 33-year-old inspector said that she scaled Mount Everest for the first time in 2013 from the Nepal side. In 2015 she set out to climb it again but had to return midway due to an earthquake that struck that region. In 2017, she reached the summit from the China side, and as a leader of an expedition, she reached the summit again in 2019.
Kundu, who two years ago won the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, claimed to have ascended peaks on other continents. She received the honor in appreciation of her unrivaled commitment to outdoor activities.
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