Malishka in conversation with Noor Jahan.
An Indian Ice hockey player in winter, art restorer in summer.

Thirty-one-year-old Noor Jahan is a research scholar, art conservator, and entrepreneur, besides being the dependable goaltender of the Indian ice hockey team. The multi-hyphenate chats with us about the various facets of being a trailblazer on and off the ice rink.er of Indian women Ice Hockey team, her success dates back to the age when she was fourteen years old.

Noor has been part of the tournament played at world’s highest natural rink ‘Karzoo’ which is an irrigation pond in the summer at a height of 11,500 feet (3,484 m). While ice hockey is an indoor sport most parts of the world, in Leh, December-January is the only time that it can be seriously pursued in the region.