Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has joined forces with fellow Indian's from the sporting, arts and civil soceity to take part in an hour long ceremony, organised by India's home ministry.
Mirza, who is the only player from her country to have won a Grand Slam title, the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open with fellow countryman Mahesh Bhupathi , joined people such as Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Kahn and Olympic gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra for the ceremony that comerorated 173 people that were killed and the 300 injured in the terrorist attacks on Mumbai 12 months ago.
As part of the ceremony, which took place in New Delhi, Mirza read Rabindranath Tagore's famous poem 'Where The Mind is Without Fear'
The World Number 58 is a practising Muslim who draws criticism from conservative sections of the Indian society.
In 2008 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from a university in the city of Chennai.
Mirza is standing up for what she believes in and I for one am glad that she is backing anti-terrorism.
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