Logassree (second right) and sister Thurgashree lighting a kuttuvilakku (Indian oil lamp) with (from left) brother Thirilohgan and parents Thanabalasingam and Kali as they prepareto celebrate Deepavali at their home in Taman Sepakat, Bukit Mertajam. — Photo: MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star
WEIGHTLIFTER T. Logassree has never experienced such a chaotic run-up to her family’s Deepavali celebrations as this year.
The 14-year-old from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, who shot to fame as the youngest female to win a Sukma weightlifting gold medal in July, usually prepares early for the festival by shopping for new clothes and making Indian traditional cookies at home.
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