Tripura tribal students strike gold
Agartala, Dec. 7: Tribals in Tripura have not one, but two “brilliant” reasons to rejoice. Padmakumari Chakma and L. Darlong, two young tribals from the state, have made the community proud by standing first class first in Tripura University’s post-graduation examinations this year.
Chakma appears to be no different from any other young tribal girl — pachhra-clad, quiet and polite — as far appearances are concerned.
However, she has proved her merit by standing first class first in Tripura University’s MA (Bengali) final examination.
Outshining 59 of her Bengali classmates, naturally supposed to have better command over the language, Chakma is all set to pick up the gold medal for her feat this year.
Born into a Chakma tribal family in tribal-dominated Kanchanpur subdivision town, Chakma had decided to take up arts at the higher secondary level when she was only in Class VIII.
“I have always been fascinated by the languages and especially Bengali,” Chakma said.
She secured first division in the Madhyamik examination with excellent marks in Bengali and then repeated her feat in the Higher Secondary examination by scoring more than 70 per cent marks in her dream subject.
“I had one advantage over many of my classmates as both my parents, Kirit Bhusan Chakma and Lilabati Chakma, are experienced teachers and they helped me a lot,” she said.
“Some of my classmates used to wonder how I could do so well in Bengali in spite of my being a tribal. My standard reply was that I studied more than they did and liked the subject,” Chakma said, smiling.
Manjari Chowdhury, head of the department of Bengali in Tripura University, was effusive over her “favourite student’s feat. As far as knowledge and skill in writing are concerned, Chakma is one of the best students I have come across in my 25 years of teaching career”.
Chakma is all set to be rewarded for her achievement. She has already been offered the job of teacher in the reputed Ramesh Higher Secondary School in Udaipur, headquarters of South Tripura district. She plans to take the National Eligibility Test (NET) and join a college or university as lecturer.
Another tribal student from the Jampui hills area in North Tripura, L. Darlong, has also set a record by becoming the first tribal student to have secured the first class first position in the MA (economics) examination. Hailing from a poor family, he had to face a lot of challenges to continue with his university studies.
“He is not here at this moment but I can tell you that Darlong is really a brilliant student who will make us more proud in the days to come,” said Asish Nath, professor of economics at the university.
The epithet “backward” is perhaps on its way out as far as the tribals of Tripura are concerned.
Agartala, Dec. 7: Tribals in Tripura have not one, but two “brilliant” reasons to rejoice. Padmakumari Chakma and L. Darlong, two young tribals from the state, have made the community proud by standing first class first in Tripura University’s post-graduation examinations this year.
Chakma appears to be no different from any other young tribal girl — pachhra-clad, quiet and polite — as far appearances are concerned.
However, she has proved her merit by standing first class first in Tripura University’s MA (Bengali) final examination.
Outshining 59 of her Bengali classmates, naturally supposed to have better command over the language, Chakma is all set to pick up the gold medal for her feat this year.
Born into a Chakma tribal family in tribal-dominated Kanchanpur subdivision town, Chakma had decided to take up arts at the higher secondary level when she was only in Class VIII.
“I have always been fascinated by the languages and especially Bengali,” Chakma said.
She secured first division in the Madhyamik examination with excellent marks in Bengali and then repeated her feat in the Higher Secondary examination by scoring more than 70 per cent marks in her dream subject.
“I had one advantage over many of my classmates as both my parents, Kirit Bhusan Chakma and Lilabati Chakma, are experienced teachers and they helped me a lot,” she said.
“Some of my classmates used to wonder how I could do so well in Bengali in spite of my being a tribal. My standard reply was that I studied more than they did and liked the subject,” Chakma said, smiling.
Manjari Chowdhury, head of the department of Bengali in Tripura University, was effusive over her “favourite student’s feat. As far as knowledge and skill in writing are concerned, Chakma is one of the best students I have come across in my 25 years of teaching career”.
Chakma is all set to be rewarded for her achievement. She has already been offered the job of teacher in the reputed Ramesh Higher Secondary School in Udaipur, headquarters of South Tripura district. She plans to take the National Eligibility Test (NET) and join a college or university as lecturer.
Another tribal student from the Jampui hills area in North Tripura, L. Darlong, has also set a record by becoming the first tribal student to have secured the first class first position in the MA (economics) examination. Hailing from a poor family, he had to face a lot of challenges to continue with his university studies.
“He is not here at this moment but I can tell you that Darlong is really a brilliant student who will make us more proud in the days to come,” said Asish Nath, professor of economics at the university.
The epithet “backward” is perhaps on its way out as far as the tribals of Tripura are concerned.
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