> FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
The boxing women of India

Fellowship of the Ring focuses on unusual women and an unusual sport. The women come from different backgrounds – rural, urban, middle class, lower middle class – and the sport they have chosen to pursue is boxing, forming a unique 'fellowship of the ring'. Storming a male bastion – and particularly this bastion – isn't easy, and for many of the women featured in this story, as well as for many others who aren't here, the battle lines are very clearly drawn. Despite this, women boxers have fought their way to the very top, although they've received little recognition.