A dishwasher's daughter could soon be an IITian :- Meet Fathima Shabana who's cleared her JEE (Main) and wants to study computer science from an IIT.
It has been a week since the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) results were released, and yet, the smile on 17-year-old Fathima Shabana's face has still not diminished. After all, she has been working hard for the last four years; and she has just cleared the JEE (Main). This means that she has already made the grade to go to an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) or National Institute of Technology (NIT) or state engineering institutions that will offer seats on the basis of JEE (Main) merit list like the Anna University in Tamil Nadu.
If she manages to make it through to the JEE (Advanced) examination on the May 25, she might well make it into an IIT!
Fathima's is no mean achievement, especially when you look at her background. Her father, Shahul Hameed, dropped out after Class VIII and her mother didn't continue past primary school.
Ever since he made his way to Chennai from Siruthondanalloor village in Thoothukudi district in search of a job almost two decades ago, Shahul Hameed has been washing dishes and serving food at a pushcart eatery.
His day starts very early in the morning, before the city wakes up, and ends only by 10 at night. For all of this, he takes home Rs 300 a day.
I could not afford to send her to a private school. So, I sent her and my son to a corporation school so that we didn't have to pay for their fees and textbooks."
"It has always been her dream to be an engineer. But I earn only Rs 300 a day; I do not have the wherewithal to send her to an engineering college. I grow distressed just thinking of shattering my daughter's dreams. But I am sure some good soul will come forward to help her pursue her dreams," he says, while making dosas for a customer.
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