After going through the News paper headlines relating to political scandals, walkouts, Hartals which force the people, especially the passengers to run helter skelter at the Bus stands; and a funny report on “Worst actor/ director/ music etc awards”, my eyes rested on a News item under the headline “The golden daughter of a farming family”. It was about a girl who won as many as 13 gold medals at the 49th convocation of the University of Agricultural sciences Bangalore. Since she belonged to a poor family, she had to take an educational loan to bear her expenses. She was so excited that she showed the box of 13 gold medals to her parents and took a vow that she will dedicate herself to the cause of Agriculture.
She wants to be a researcher in the field of genetics and plant – breeding. She was, no doubt, excited but she wants to go far beyond gold medals and has her own plans to set up non – governmental organizations to help farmers to whom her advice is, “please do not quit forming as that is our backbone”.
The future of the nation lies in the hands of such dynamic youngsters and one hopes she will achieve her goals.