Poverty can never breakdown the enthusiasm of pursuing studies. These words relate to the life of Chandan Dhang, 22 – A BPl category boy from Taldangra Block (located 27 kilometers away from Bankura district of West Bengal).
Dhang is perusing post graduation (PG) in Bengali at Ranchi University (RU) and is in urgent need of financial assistance till 2014 by the time he completes his PG. He needs it so that he could exist in this city.
This orphan boy is studying at RU under BPl quota. He had been struggling since his infant days. His farmer father died when he was just six months old. Anyhow with financial support of his two uncles he got enrolled in Taldangra High School. His knack for studies and brilliant result impressed the teachers who funded his education at school life.
Sharing moments about his childhood days, Chandan said, “Most of the days I and my only bread earner of my family my mother would spend days with only one time meal.”
Besides a genius student, Chandan is excellent in co-curricular activities bagging first position in many of such activities like essays and article writing.
With 76 percent in Intermediates, Chandan got the scope to do his under graduation in Bengali at Bankura Christian College where he was fortunate to grab West Bengal Merit cum Means scholarship which provided him Rs 9000 annually for three years.
For the sake of his mother, he had taught around five matriculation appearing children from 2009-2012 so that he could contribute to home necessities. He had also worked as a freelance writer at a local Bengali newspaper at Bankura district.
This boy is presently staying as a paying guest at Rabindranath Bharati Mess in Chutia with the mercy of his uncles at West Bengal. Expressing the hesitation of taking money from his relatives who are mere tutors, Dhang said, “like under graduation days I want some support from the government so that I can myself bear my education expenses. My uncles have already done a lot for me.”
“After BA in Bengali I would pursue MA in Bengali at RU on the advices of my school teacher Jagannath Chatterjee. The subject Bengali at PG level here is taught according to the syllabus required for qualifying National Eligibility Test (NET). It would help me in fulfilling my dreams of becoming a Professor,” said Chandan.