Key Points
Two women in mekhela sador, the traditional Assamese attire, enthusiastically instructing a team of young boys playing football has caught the attention of the internet..
These women are just two of the many soccer moms of Assam..
In the small towns of upper Assamthe colloquial way of referring to districts along the upper bank of the Brahmaputrawomen accompanying their children to stadiums for practice and during matches are part and parcel of their everyday life..
However, the conditions that lay the ground for sports moms to exist in Assam perhaps is a combination of the pace of life, widespread gender equality within Assamese households and financial stability in small towns of the state...
If soccer moms in the US are suburban mothers who invest in their kids sporting dreams, in Assam, theyre from small towns..
