The 13-year-old girl from a poor family in north India has enrolled in a master’s degree in microbiology, after her father sold his land to pay for some of his daughter’s tuition in the hope of catapulting her into India’s growing middle class.
Their only income is her father’s daily wage of up to 200 rupees (less than $3.50) for labouring on construction sites. Their most precious possessions include a study table and a second-hand computer.
Sushma begins her studies next week at Lucknow’s B. R. Ambedkar Central University, though her father is already ferrying her to and from campus each day on his bicycle so she can meet with teachers before classes begin.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130917/int/int6.html
Talk about inspiration and sacrifice, maybe we can all learn something from this amazing story.
This was not a girl born into luxury, she is from the lowest level of the society, but that did not deter her one bit.
To the Dad I say ” big up uself”, Jamaican style.
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Here she attends a ceremony to recognize her wonderful achievements thus far.
At home with her mom
At school with her peers
Dad taking his daughter home from school
Homework time by the window, source of light
Doing her homework after school.
It may be on the other side of the world, but its a truly inspirational story of survival despite all the odds stacked against you.
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Warren's Blog 
There is a very powerful lesson to learn from this youngster and her parents, a lesson that far too often is missed by many Jamaican parents. miss, that is poverty is not and cannot be an excuse for not providing your kids with an education.
This man despite having next to nothing invested in his child and has provided her and her older brother, with an grand opportunity to better themselves.
She has an older brother who graduated high school at age 9 and went unto to become one of India’s youngest computer scientist at age 14 !
Sold the only possession he had a parcel of land for just US$400 to put towards her education, even though that sum was only a drop in the bucket of what is required.
How many parents in Jamaica today would do this vs stretching a hand out to the government and demanding assistance.
Which University student in Jamaica today would ride on a bicycle to UWI much less have their day take them to and fro on a bicycle ?