Wajeda Kariugar
Pradip Sinha
An out-of-work father, a mother who works in a garbage dump. But he’s overcome it all: with an 80 per cent in Class 10.
Prasad Akkanouru
He fled his parent’s home in Latur to reach Nagpur via Bombay. Working in a small hotel by day, he studied in the night to top the year’s arts batch.
Vaibhav Chidrewar
His 91.8 per cent in Class 10 is the best return he could have provided his bhelpuri-vending father.
Ritam Deka
Wheelchair-bound, he has to be carried to the exam hall and his hand has to be lifted before he can start writing his exam. But the result: above 80 per cent in his Class 10 exams.
Tulsa
Her father’s a watchman, mother a maid. But with an 89 per cent in Class 12, this Ludhiana girl wants to teach.
