{"id":6765,"date":"2016-07-16T21:38:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T16:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2016-07-16T21:38:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T16:08:03","slug":"at-16-ayesha-aziz-became-indias-youngest-student-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6765","title":{"rendered":"What Were You Doing at 16? Ayesha Aziz Became India\u2019s Youngest Pilot at That Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\nA<\/span>t the age of 16, most of us are either dealing with a college dilemma, heartbreak<\/a>, a wave of teenage angst or all of the above. But 16-year-old Ayesha Aziz was adding wings to her dreams as she became the youngest student pilot in India in 2011.\n\nBorn in Kashmir<\/a>, Aziz, now 23, later moved to Mumbai with her family. However, somewhere between catching flights to Srinagar with her mother, a resident of Baramulla district in J&K, a young Ayesha fell in love with the idea of flying away. The frequent air travels to the Valley only further added to her curiosity and obsession with airplanes and pilots. Soon enough, she found herself enrolled at The Bombay Flying Club.\n\nWhile the news about her young achievement was much celebrated, a few naysayers were less than impressed by \u201ca Muslim girl without hijab<\/a>\u201d reaching new heights. Her professional pursuit was deemed as \u201cnot perfect for a Kashimiri girl,\u201d Ayesha shared in an interview with Times Of India<\/a><\/em> in 2017. But Ayesha Aziz was not one to back down or be discouraged by the sexist words of a few. It was important to her that women weren\u2019t deemed as imperfect for a job just because of their gender. \u201cWe have to change our attitude and do justice to girls,\u201d she stated.\n\n
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