I loved being a troublemaker. At Santa Monica High, I would smoke on campus, go barefoot, anything.
I used to run barefoot, wearing a frock. During the rains, I used to run on stones and puddles.
For somebody like me, who has trained barefoot in a small village in Odisha, I know training without proper facilities can be extremely difficult. Having experienced it all, I would like to give back to my community by creating a running academy for children.
I'm actually a barefoot girl.
I grew up barefoot, dirty, climbing trees. It made me appreciate things more.
To combat jet lag, when you get to your destination go straight to a park, take your shoes off and walk barefoot. It's something to do with having your feet in contact with the earth - it's supposed to be grounding.
When I hear the words 'Women should be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen,' I think, 'What. A. Dream.' There are no negative connotations to it.
It was like I lived in a little suburban neighborhood in the middle of New York City because I could run around barefoot or, you know, completely independently from a very young age in the safety of this building where I knew everybody and where I had friends on every floor, and I knew the bellmen in the lobby.
I used to run around barefoot and climb trees and pick fruit and sell it on the side of the road like a real island girl.
When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.
