Even when he was down in the dumps working as a daily wager instead of completing his schooling, Selvam was determined to renew his education. He soon brought his life back on track and went on to study engineering and set up his own construction firm.
I Siva, a former student of Silattur Government Higher Secondary School in Pudukottai, is the first among government school students in NEET scores for MBBS this year. Last year, after passing Class 12, Siva was too scared to take the exam. He didn’t appear for agriculture counselling either....
When tribal youth V Elumalai graduated in medicine and became a doctor last year, he was not only the first graduate in his family but also in his entire village. He is from Akkaraipatti in the Kalvarayan Hills, some 30 km from Tiruvannamalai. The village is 6 km away from Bimarapatti and some...
All through her life, Bangalore Nagarathnamal remained an ardent fan of Thyagaraja, one of Carnatic music's trinity. A Devadasi, she was struck with despair when she saw that Thyagaraja's grave was uncared for at Thiruvaiyaru. She sold her properties to construct the temple and memorial hall...
Velmurugan is a busy man. The 27-year-old is a senior software engineer at Trimble, an IT company in Tidel Park, Chennai. But he never fails to return on weekends to his humble hometown of Avarapakkam in Tindivanam district. Driven by a desire to give back to the land in which he grew up, the...
Penury stalked Thangakittu all through his childhood. Growing up he lived in a house without electricity and struggled to pay the nominal fee the village school was collecting. But Thangakittu managed to stay ahead. At 29 now, he works as a software architect in Scotland. Thangakittu’s family...
After the film Jai Bhim was released, the oppression that Irular tribes face has come into the public eye. But, the Irulars had a leader more than 60 years ago who fought for their rights and that of other tribal people. His name was V R Jagannathan. Well educated, Jagannathan must have written...
Everyone took it for a joke when Pechimutu, as a boy, told them he would become a doctor someday. He was a school dropout and was working in a mobile phone shop for a small salary. Now grown up, Pechimuthu is a doctor now and he is planning to do MD in Pediatrics. He has cleared Combined...
Dr Jothi secured 200 out of 200 in all four major subjects in her Class 12 to achieve a cut off mark of 100% to get her MBBS seat. An impressive record indeed and it is a moving story of a man and his daughters from Kadaieeratti hamlet in Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border near Anthiyur in Erode...
While growing up, it would have seemed M Aravind was destined to take up his family profession of working for jewelers just like many other children in the area. But due to the perseverance of his father, Aravind’s hard work and with some help, Aravind studied BTech in Apparel Technology in...
