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Even Barabanki felt out of reach from her village, but Pooja Pal’s invention took her to Japan

by Amrita Priya | Jul 28, 2025

(July 28, 2025) “I never thought I’d even reach Barabanki,” says 17-year-old Pooja Pal in a recent BBC interview. But life had other plans for her. The sharp young mind from a mud-walled home in a remote village of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh has just returned...