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Meet Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the world's oldest sharpshooters

Dhruv Munjal gets up close and personal with Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the inspiration for a new film

Chandro Tomar at her home in Johri village, Baghpat | Credits: Sanjay K Sharma
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Chandro Tomar at her home in Johri village, Baghpat | Credits: Sanjay K Sharma

Dhruv Munjal
Chandro Tomar is tired but it doesn’t show. The past few days have been spent gallivanting around Mumbai — hanging out with film stars, visiting the Gateway of India and sipping coconut water on Juhu Beach. “I joked with Salman Khan whether he was the same guy I had been watching on television all these years, but they edited that out,” she complains gently about her appearance on the reality show Bigg Boss.

I am at her house in Johri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, a breezy two-and-a-half-hour drive from Delhi. The Tomar residence is typical of moderately affluent homes