From 98.6 pc in Class 12 to Asian Games: How Aashima Ahlawat struck a deal with her mother to pursue shooting

New Delhi, Sep 16 (UNI) At 18, Aashima Ahlawat picked up a pistol before finding her calling in shotgun, a switch that came only after she held up her end of a deal with her mother, score well enough to get into her dream college. She delivered, with a 98.6 per cent in her Class 12 board exams, proof that the range never came at the cost of the books. Four years on, the 22 year old from Rohtak, Haryana, is set to make her maiden Asian Games appearance in Aichi Nagoya. Her path to the sport wasn't a straight…