Life has pretty weird ways of working. It truly is the most unpredictable aspect of being alive. No two days are ever the same, and yet every day comes with a promise of something new - good or bad. While most of us may have experienced this one way or another, a young girl from Indore in Madhya Pradesh saw both the good and the ugly within a span of a few months.

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Indore’s Shubhangi Patil was a class 12th student this summer. However, just ahead of her boards, her mother fell severely ill and since the family had no financial standing to get Shubhangi’s mother treated, Shubhangi and her elder sister decided to take her to their maternal grandma’s house where her uncle could get their mother treated.

With the decision made, Shubhangi embarked on a cumbersome, 300 km-long journey from Indore to Chopda in Maharashtra on her scooty, with her mother tucked behind her in a blanket. Not only did she successfully carry out the mission to get her mother the best care possible and another chance at life, Shubhangi also made the round trip in time to sit for her board exams.

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The lockdown didn’t make her life easier, since Shunbhangi and her sister only had Rs 500 to get them by, with no one else to rely on. However, having already lost her father in 2009 to kidney failure, Shubhangi also had to bear the news of her mother’s death in June.

Now, with results coming out for this year’s board exam, it was discovered that Shubhangi has scored an impressive 87% in her 12th boards and has also become eligible for CM’s Rs 25,000 laptop scheme which is given to students who score 85% and above in their board exams.

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Shubhangi now plans to utilise this amount to finance her college fees that would help her become a tehsildar one day. Shubhangi’s story is yet another that when one wills it, it becomes possible to achieve the unimaginable. And although Shubhangi’s mother is no more to witness her achievements, we are sure she is proud of the person Shubhangi has become - one who stayed true to her responsibilities until the very end.

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