Despite her financial constraints and societal pressures, Nuni Baski from Jamtara took a bold step of sending her daughter, Kalyani, to Kolkata to pursue a course in hotel management. Today, she has emerged as an inspiration to many mothers
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Rukmani Devi and her daughter Pushpa Kumari make a powerful mother-daughter duo. Together they have resisted societal pressure for early marriage of Pushpa and chosen education as a productive alternative.
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As Mothers’ Day was celebrated the world over last month, we at Project Umang, salute the spirit of some extraordinary mothers from rural Jharkhand who have negotiated personal challenges & confronted social norms to support their daughters’ aspirations.
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