India, Aug. 29 -- Sport has a way of turning personal dreams into collective pride. Few athletes understand that better than Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who still remembers the exact moment her identity as a boxer from Assam transformed into something much larger.

"It still gives me goosebumps," she says, recalling the first time she won her first medal while she represented India at the international stage. "When I stood on that podium after winning my first medal and heard the national anthem play, I realised I was no longer just Lovlina. I was carrying the pride of India with me, and in that moment Jana Gana Mana felt bigger than victory-it felt like responsibility and love for my country rolled into one," she added.

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