Thursday, April 25, 2024

Topic: Harekala Hajabba

Orange vendor who built school from savings, now charting his next step-a college

66-year-old Muslim orange vendor Harekala Hajabba, having no schooling, received India's second-highest civilian award Padma Shri for bringing a revolution in rural education by constructing a school in a Mangalore village which now has 175 underprivileged students studying there.