madurai danushrani a tea garden worker does backbreaking work from 7am to 5pm at a plantation in munnar in keralas idukki district a single parent who has been diagnosed with cancer danushranis only hope rests in her daughter v sneha the condition at home is precarious though she wants to become a chartered accountant poverty coupled with her mothers illness poses major hindrance to her path of higher education sneha told toi have never met my father viswanath who cheated my mother i request people to assist her in every which way possible he told toi thanks to their efforts i managed to score 1129 out of 1200 in the plus two examination says sneha a single child my heart bleeds for my mother who work from morning to evening to earn a meagre 200 even during the daily struggle they looked after me and were keen on educating me she lost her grandmother a year ago she did not disclose about her poverty to any of us she scored 179 marks in tamil 166 in english 196 in history 194 in economics 194 marks in commerce and centum in accountancy when she could not pay the mess fees of 875 per month school authorities came to her rescue providing her free accommodation and food hostel warden s kumaran said we came to know about her predicament only a few months ago she is the school topper this year but i dont know if my dream will come true she is really struggling as she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago she says the 17yearold girl has scored 94 marks in tamil nadu governments plus two examination this yeari headmaster of gandhiji vidyapeedam higher secondary school k subburaj requested good samaritans to help sneha pursue higher studies sneha was a student of commerce stream at the gandhiji vidyapeedam higher secondary school in kanniservaipatti in chinnamanur theni district a governmentaided school and stayed at the school hostel my grandmother meenakshi and my mother struggled to make ends meet by working at a tea garden in munnar i would like to join a bcom course