#Inspiration
In 2003, Kamal Kishore Mandal, a resident of Bhagalpur, was forced to take up a job as a night guard in Munger, Bihar, due to financial constraints.
A month later, on deputation, Mandal was sent to the Ambedkar Thought and Social Work department (Post Graduate) at the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU). After five years, his post was changed to peon.
Mandal asked the university for permission to continue his education and completed his MA (Ambedkar Thought and Social Work), followed by a PhD in 2019. By then, he had also cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) for the lectureship.
When in 2020, the Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC) advertised vacancies for four assistant professor posts at TMBU, Mandal was appointed as an associate professor in the same Ambedkar Thought and Social Work department of the university where he worked as a peon.
Inspiring many with his story of determination and hard work, Kamal Kishore Mandal's journey is an example of rising above his circumstances.
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"I used to do philanthropic work along with the job. Seeing young girls toiling for hours in the rubbish dumps for a living, I realised that something should be done for the underprivileged children too."
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Nandita Banerjee from Danapur, Bihar, then quit her bank manager job and worked for homeless children. She decided to open schools for impoverished girls and started the NGO 'Nai Dharti' in 2011.
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Sister Nivedita Girls' School, run by the NGO in Maner block of Danapur's Sarai village, is now providing free education to 100 underprivileged girls who cannot afford school supplies.
Serving a plethora of local and seasonal delights, every region across India has its own take on the thali. Which one would you crown 'satisfaction on a platter'?
PS. This is not an exhaustive list. Did you check out Part 1?
Food streets give you a taste of a city's traditional as well as some local delicacies. While some have fascinating histories, others just popped up with time.
Do you also know of such #KhauGallis? #FoodStreets#Traditional#TheBetterIndia
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His father worked as an operator in Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) and earned barely enough to sustain the family, which comprised Johnny along with three sisters and two brothers.
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Owing to financial problems, Johnny had to leave school when he was in Class 7 and take up odd jobs. From selling pens and dancing on the streets of Mumbai to mimicking Bollywood actors, Johnny did it all.
In India, women account only for 19.9% of the total workforce, out of which 81.3% belong to rural women, as per World Bank Data (2020). @DrRumaDevi
Though access to education has improved, those who are more educated remain unemployed because of the unavailability of formal jobs and low wages.
However, various organisations and individuals are working towards improving this situation by providing skill training and even creating job opportunities for the #ruralwomen across the country. @SajheSapne