The English Channel is the water-body that separates Southern England from Northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It is also known as the “Mount Everest of Swimming” because of length of the crossing, cold temperatures and the dangers of the journey. After getting inspired by a bundle of men and women who have swam across the Channel, Arati Saha decided to join the league as well.
The Channel being famous for its challenging route, attracted a lot of participants all around the world before Saha took her dive. Since, this milestone was highly male dominant, her decision to cross the Channel opened a lot of new avenues for women swimmers of the future. Arati’s preparation began for long-distance swimming championships when she used to go for competitions in the Ganges. She later got inspired by Brojen Das and Mihir Sen’s accomplishments to try for the Channel. Brojen Das, being the first Asian to swim across theChannel, not only once, but six times, proposed Arati’s name to the organizers for the succeeding year’s event. Then it was Mihir Sen, who accomplished...