2012 Olympic torchbearer toils at tea garden for Rs 167/day

As she sprinted through a Nottinghamshire street with the Olympic torch in her hands back in 2012, Pinky Karmakar from Assam's Dibrugarh district would have thought her dream run had just begun. The then 17-year-old had returned home from the London Olympics opening ceremony to a welcome befitting a medal winner.

2012 Olympic torchbearer toils at tea garden for Rs 167/day
As she sprinted through a Nottinghamshire street with the Olympic torch in her hands back in 2012, Pinky Karmakar from Assam's Dibrugarh district would have thought her dream run had just begun. The then 17-year-old had returned home from the London Olympics opening ceremony to a welcome befitting a medal winner.