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By Ajeyo Basu, New Delhi : Ever since she was a kid, Hima Das woke up every morning before the crack of dawn and would go to the local grazing ground in a remote Assam village. With no proper gear or even a playground, she practiced running at this grazing ground, around 50 metres from her house, before the villagers let their cattle loose post sunrise. Daughter of rice farmers, the same teenager left the world awestruck when she ran at a track and field stadium in Finland during the 400...