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Lady biker sana iqbal successfully completes 38 000 km journey on bike
Sana Iqbal (born 16 January 1987) is an Indian cross country woman biker. She is on a solo mission to create awareness on suicide and depression. She does counseling on her Facebook page and helps students lead a happy and meaningful life by guiding them towards practicality and positivity.
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- Lady biker sana iqbal successfully completes 38 000 km journey on bike
- Sana iqbal solo ride against suicide across india
- Early life
- Response to depression
- Cross country ride
- Personal life
- References
Sana iqbal solo ride against suicide across india
Early life
She was born in Hyderabad. Sana loved riding bikes since seventh grade. She suffered personal issues that drove her into depression. Sana worked for an ITES company.
Response to depression
She attempted suicide through a bike accident. At age 27, she biked to Gujarat with a death wish to be rammed by a bus or truck. The journey made her realize that peace can be attained by peace. Later she decided to use a journey to give purpose to her suffering.
Her fight against her depression led her to become a hero for many youth. She gives workshops on awareness that “Suicide is not the solution”. In her workshop she talks on matters that trouble young minds: matters as innocuous as acne to relationships, career, marriage, depression and suicide.
Cross-country ride
Sana planned a cross-country solo trip to every state in India, starting from Goa in November, 2015. She completed her mission on 13 June 2016, 2 days before her son's first birthday, after covering 2 countries, 111 cities, 29 states and 5 union territories traveling over 38,000 km over took her 6.5 months, while offering 135 seminars. A grand welcome reception was arranged for her by her local Wanderers club. Two other clubs from Nagpur (UNIDO) and Kolkata (Eastern Bulls) had ridden with her from Nagpur to Hyderabad. Her journey was actively supported by various groups and clubs, predominantly the biking community of India.
Personal life
She is a mother and is pursuing her masters in psychology along with corporate training sessions on behavioral skills.