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What i read is , its a brother - sister duo who have cleared. The girl got 75%(topped) and the brother got 45%. I just image the passion, commitment and talent that these children possess that they are able to overcome all odds and show their prowess.
Good luck to them.
This is just another example that the gems of India are still in those places where you'd least "expect". Yes, the problem is our expectation.
While my hearty congratulations go out to the topper, I can only guess the emotional excitement the parent must be undergoing.
All said and done - our media had to brand it "chawl" just so that it catches attention. Sick!
This can be a news only in India where success is expected out of pedigree.
I felt really happy for the family when I read this in the morning. Yeah, ^^^^ its sad that its not that common that its not news, but right now, with the despairing mood in the country, I just feel that we should take all the positives that come out.
Its not about her dad being a auto-rick driver. Its about the kinda support and care the parents have extended to the children.
In a world where some children enjoy the lavish pocket money bestowed by their parents and get drifted away from academics, this girl has really set an example.
Just imagine the social elevation that would result from this great achievement. Many political leaders including former and present CM of TN have announced cash awards in excess of a million rupees. Moreover her monthly family income would also now go up by atleast 10 to 20X which is a great great relief for the hardworking parents.
Also the positive energy created by this duo would impact and induce the families around to encourage their children to study well and accomplish something great in their respective fields of interests.
I second the short post from "vivekiny2k". This thread itself is so representative of the deep flaws that run in the Indian Psyche.
Instead of the focus being on the individual's achievement, the focus is on the fact that she is an Auto-Rickshaw driver's daughter! It's not just us, by the way.
Her pedigree may haunt her for the better part of her life, through her career etc. She will not be counted for what she may be, but for where she comes from!
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Originally Posted by vivekiny2k
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This can be a news only in India where success is expected out of pedigree.
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Well put.
Most pedigree in india get a silver spoon.
Why is this news? Hell, one of my regular Auto guys back in school used to read the ET !
Hell, I dont read the ET everyday even after 2 years of business ed!
But, kudos, still.
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Originally Posted by vivekiny2k
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This can be a news only in India where success is expected out of pedigree.
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And there's a good reason for that. An auto-rickshaw driver in India makes less than the
poverty line of developed countries like the USA or UK. A plumber in the States can live in a clean house with an attached toilet, drive a Toyota Camry and visit the same restaurants as his clients. Not so in India.
This is a remarkable achievement from someone who has lived with extremely limited resources. Kudos!
GTO raised a really pertinent issue here. We keep coming across such gems every once in a while - people who overcome their unfortunate circumstances to achieve what a person with all the means at his/her disposal isn't able to. All kudos to them. But without taking away any credit from them, due credit should also be given to parents of these achievers for having nurtured their children's dreams, and sacrificed so much to see their wards through. They are the real support ! Imagine how many kids fail to realise their potential - because of lack of means, lack of financial backing, or because their parents can't or won't see the vision behind their dreams. Parents such as this awesome auto driver are role models, who in spite of being so poor and uneducated, made sure that not one but two of his kids continue their education to this level ! How easy it would have been for him to say to them "Give it up now, you have basic education, now find a job and start earning money which can help us all survive". Hats off to such wonderful parents, they truly deserve the happiness of their kids' achievements. Wonderful topic, GTO ! clap:
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Originally Posted by GTO
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And there's a good reason for that. An auto-rickshaw driver in India makes less than the poverty line of developed countries like the USA or UK. A plumber in the States can live in a clean house with an attached toilet, drive a Toyota Camry and visit the same restaurants as his clients. Not so in India.
This is a remarkable achievement from someone who has lived with extremely limited resources. Kudos!
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you are comparing cab driver to cab driver. let's compare under-privileged to under-privileged. Many successful people in western countries have come from homeless conditions. But that fact is neither highlighted, nor hidden, because it's irrelevant. You can read it in their biographies though. That's because everybody gets (almost) the same opportunities growing up.
The point I am trying to highlight is that a nation that can not create equal opportunities for all it's children, should at least not celebrate the fact by highlighting "despite" of it. If I am going to say that she did it despite the conditions she had to live with it, first I should be ashamed she did not have the right conditions in the first place.
I would congratulate her on her success, but attribute it only to her talent and hard work, and that's where I would stop. She doesn't have to hear about what she had to endure.
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Originally Posted by vivekiny2k
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you are comparing cab driver to cab driver. let's compare under-privileged to under-privileged...
..I would congratulate her on her success, but attribute it only to her talent and hard work, and that's where I would stop. She doesn't have to hear about what she had to endure.
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Vivek, I think you're missing the whole point. What she endured to achieve what she eventually did wasn't aimed for her to hear it, but to inspire a whole nation and to exemplify her effort. And also when you say that everyone gets almost the same opportunities growing up - I don't think you could be further off the mark !!! The whole nation is celebrating her achievement precisely because she did it "despite" not having that equal opportunity !!! And your statement about being ashamed - whoa ! You dont need to be ashamed to accept the fact that she did indeed achieve whatever she did in spite of her economic and living condition !!! Peace out, mate !!! Learn to celebrate someone else's achievement, and look at it in the light of her circumstances !!! Chill !
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Originally Posted by Honda2k
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....What she endured to achieve what she eventually did wasn't aimed for her to hear it, but to inspire a whole nation and to exemplify her effort. And also when you say that everyone gets almost the same opportunities growing up - I don't think you could be further off the mark !!! The whole nation is celebrating her achievement precisely because she did it "despite" not having that equal opportunity !!!
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Rightly said :thumbs up
Think it was Bill Gates who quoted " Its not your mistake if you're born poor , but it is if you die poor"
Mighty chuffed for the change that's taking place for that family.
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