She has won accolades for her talent in memorizing and reciting Vedic Sanskrit slokas and matras of several Hindu deities with ease, despite the fact that she is a Muslim girl. But it looks like her dream of pursing college education would remain a distance dream due to abject poverty.
Meet poverty stricken Samajan Khatun of Ghagara village under Nikirai police station. Though she belongs to a minority community, but she is unparalleled so far as her talent in reciting Sanskrit hymns and Vedic mantras is concerned. She can recite fluently Gayatri mantra, Ganesh mantra, Jagganth Mahamantra, Durga strota, Lord Shiva’s Maha Mrutynjaya mantra, Panchaakyara Strotam of Lord Shiva and lines from the Gita and Vedas.Khatun's father, Sheikh Kalamuddin, is a physically disabled person whereas her mother Sultana Bibi is a daily wager.
Leading a life of misery in the thatched house, most of the time the family members were forced to sleep empty stomach when Khatun's mother failed to get work, said the family members.And this poverty has been a stumbling block on the further study of Khatun who has passed matriculation with good scores.
Consequently, her admission in college for her higher studies has been a distant dream.When contacted the Sub Collector of Kendrapara, Jyoti Shankar Mohapatra, stated that the matter had come to his notice and he would take necessary action. Notably, the Zilla Boita Bandhana Samiti had felicitated Khatun with Late Mahesh Kar Smruti Samman recently.
Former MLA of Bari –Derabish, Chinmaya Prasad Beura and convenor of Zilla Boita Bandhana Samiti Pradip Kumar Mohanty had paid a visit to Khatun's house and felicitated her for her extraordinary talent of reciting Vedic hymns and mantras.