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From life's pawn, J Saranya is now queen

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Jul 18, 2014, 11:00 PM | 0

I just read a lovely, small article about India's new junior national chess champion, J. Saranya. Her mother sells garlands on the streets of Chennai to earn a living but made sure that her daughters got a good education.

Here's the link to the article: http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-saranya-is-no-longer-a-life-s-pawn-2003423

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