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[Rishi]

At first i kinda ignored this one but she's already gotten pretty famous. So why not...

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Young woman fights tiger with a stick, after winning says let me first take a selfie
April 5, 2018

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Such is the selfie mania that no occasion is small -- or big -- enough to not take a selfie. That is what you will realise once you read the story of this 23-year-old woman who fought a tiger with a mere stick, got a bloodied face, managed to scare away the big cat, then before she would seek medical help, took out her phone and clicked a selfie.

It all started when Rupali Meshram, from Usgaon village of Sakoli Taluka in Bhandara district of eastern Maharashtra, heard a goat bleat. This was at her house. The young woman ran out and saw a tiger attacking her goat. She fought the big cat using a stick. The fight wasn't going well. The tiger took a swipe at Rupali and her face was injured. But the fact that she stood up her ground -- that is before her mother dragged her inside the house -- did the trick. The tiger ran away.

They both sustained only minor injuries and have now been discharged from hospital. The goat however did not survive.

After the win against the tiger, it was apparently time for a selfie. Soon after the incident, Rupali took a selfie of her posing with her mother. The selfie of Rupali shows her smiling at the camera while her mother looking a bit dazed about all that had happened a while ago.
Rupali suffered superficial injuries to her head, waist, legs and hands. Her mother too suffered minor injuries, for which they sought treatment at a nearby hospital.
But that is after the selfie. The doctor who treated Rupali praised her for her extraordinary courage and said that she was lucky not to be bitten by the big cat.

In India, the selfie craze has grown big time in the last few years, especially as more and more people have got a smartphone. Reply