But do not be fooled: Poorna Malavath is no girl next door. Within two days from now, if all goes according to plan, Poorna Malavath will be standing atop Mount Kilimanjaro with the tricolour and, doubtless, a photograph of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Strangely enough, most of the press and television coverage that followed Malavath’s Everest achievement chose to focus on her ordinariness. Instead, I remembered my SWAEROES (as social welfare system students are called), my teachers, my parents, Secretary sir.... Praveen Kumar, a police officer and secretary, Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, on a Skype chat from Hyderabad.

Source: Mint August 11, 2016 11:48 UTC