For the rising forward in the national women's hockey team, last week was straight out of a fairy tale. But for one twist - soon, she might not have a home.
On the field, Jyoti has been playing hard and moving up.
Off it, she has been fighting to avert demolition of her house where she has lived all her life.
Jyoti's father Bhim Chhetri, a mason, said the family has been served a "notice" by local authorities to vacate the house to make way for widening of the road.
It's going to be a challenge given that the family moved in 20 years ago and built a house on this estimated 300-squarefoot plot of government land without any papers.
It's a no-frills home on a winding road that overlooks the confluence of three rivers - Sankh, Koel and Sarasvati right across the fabled Panposh Sports Hostel that has produced many international hockey stars, including the likes of former captain - and current Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey; ex-internationals Lazarus Barla and Prabodh Tirkey; and current India team defender Amit Rohidas.
"I moved to Rourkela from Ranchi in 1988," Bhim recalled. "When I first came here, I was a watchman at the hostel and stayed in quarters they provided. I joined their canteen as a helper cook. Then I got married, two kids were born and the place was too small to live with the family."
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