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On the fast track

Winner of six championships in both off-road and on-road events, racer Aishwarya Pissay is changing the motorsports scene in the country and is encouraging young riders to build a career for themselves.

Aishwarya Pissay's love for riding began at 18 when she started going for weekend rides with her friends. Soon after, she participated in a show on MTV that covered 8,000 km from the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat to Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya over 24 days.

"My friends suggested that I should hone my riding skills on the race track and

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