{"id":164740,"date":"2012-11-08T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2012\/11\/08\/boxer-mary-kom-writing-a-book-on-her-life\/"},"modified":"2012-11-08T21:49:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:49:27","slug":"boxer-mary-kom-writing-a-book-on-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2012\/11\/08\/boxer-mary-kom-writing-a-book-on-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Mary Kom writing a book on her life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/PRHMIAQIYYQFCAAFNDAP.jpg>Olympic medalist Mary Kom won hearts with her performance at the big games. Her story of hard work and success captivated many, so much so that a Bollywood film was announced on her life by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali.<\/p>\n<p>In the city on Sunday, the ace pugilist said that she was going a step further to share her story with the world.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m very happy that there\u2019s a movie being made on me. But this book will have minute details about my childhood, my journey, and the hard work that has made me what I am today,\u201d she told TOI. Life changed for Mary post the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cNobody knew about me before but now everyone knows who I am. The movie and the book I am writing will help in showing my struggle to the world,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Mary is being helped by a leading publishing house in writing and editing and the book is expected to be released by next year. Will she play any role in the film being made on her life, maybe that of a narrator? \u201cIf given the chance, maybe. I don\u2019t know because facing the camera is difficult, just like walking the ramp was!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Assam government is planning to give her three acres of land for her academy. Mary is also a good singer and is waiting for the right opportunity to showcase her skill. Would she like to sing in Bollywood? \u201cBollywood is too big, but yes, I would love to sing,\u201d she answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic medalist Mary Kom won hearts with her performance at the big games. Her story of hard work and success captivated many, so much so that a Bollywood film was announced on her life by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. In the city on Sunday, the ace pugilist said that she was going a step further [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}