Reaching New Heights
- June 13, 2022
19-year-old Kunja Rajitha, from a tribal village in Alluri district, Andhra Pradesh, recently won the gold medal in the 400-metre sprint at Khelo India Youth Games 2022, held in Haryana. Despite facing various struggles as a migrant family from Chhattisgarh, Rajitha and her three siblings continued their education due to their parents’ support and encouragement. Rajitha had also won second place in a similar event in Khelo India 2019 edition. The determined teenager said that she aims to win a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Rabindranath Tagore
He rejected formal education and yet began a world-famous university. His poems were mocked for their colloquial language but they were adopted as anthems by two countries. Bengali society despaired of him until he was awarded the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature and a knighthood. Rabindranath Tagore, whose multi-faceted life was as fascinating as it is inspiring, lived on in his books, his music and his thought-provoking, unconventional ideals.
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