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Conquering adversity: TN tribal girl enters IIT, realises late father's dream

June 05, 2025

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The Morning Standard

WHEN A Rajeshwari, a Malayali tribal girl, walks on the hallowed corridors of Indian Institute of Technology soon, she will be living her own dream, and one her father held close to his heart till he succumbed to cancer a year ago.

- SUBASHINI VIJAYAKUMAR @ Chennai

Conquering adversity: TN tribal girl enters IIT, realises late father's dream

A Aundi, her dad who belonged to the Scheduled Tribe community of Karumandurai, a village located 65km from Salem in the Kalvarayan Hills with a 90% tribal population, could study only up to Class 8 due to poverty and seasonal migration in search of work.

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