Yodhas exist in the real world too. They not only bring a positive change in their life but make the lives of others in their social circle better and worthy. Some stories of Indian students below are worth a read:

N. Shiva Kumar

N. Shiva Kumar is an inspiration for others to follow. A frail-looking guy, he used to be up at 4:00 am every morning, stacked his cycle with newspapers and delivered the same across streets. Lest did he realize that he would be at the Indian Institute of Management in a few weeks.

The newspaper vendor cracked the entrance for Indian Institute for Management in Kolkata in the year 2013. His father Nagendra who was a truck driver migrated to Bangalore 25 years ago from a small village in Mysore. Shiva had the Yodhas instinct from an early age only and used to accompany his mother to sell garlands at the roadside which she prepared herself.

Luckily, Shiva found a patron in the form of Krishna Veda who funded his education. N. Shiva Kumar turned out to be a real Yodha and was able to score good marks in his class X examination and the subsequent examinations too. He completed his engineering with an average percentage of 67.6 which gave N. Shiva Kumar the confidence to compete with the best in the field.

N. Shiva realized that he needed to stand on his feet and thus began a newspaper agency at an early age. He was also able to bag a scholarship of Rs 20,000/- per year which eased his struggle to get the best kind of education, Shiva had ever dreamt about.

The success of N. Shiva Kumar inspired a lot many other students and reaffirms the faith that hard work never goes waste.

Srikanth Bolla

When one door of opportunity closes, the doors for new opportunities open up. This has proved to be true in the case of Srikanth Bolla who is another true Yodha. Srikanth Bolla was rejected by the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology as he was visually challenged. This did not dishearten him and Srikanth applied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He finished his pre-university examination from Hyderabad and incidentally was the only Indian blind student to be selected for MIT. Now years later, as Srikanth is about to complete his education at MIT, he started a computer training center for visually challenged students.

Srikanth’s ideas of setting up this institute took shape because he did not want other visually challenged students to struggle as he did while studying. Around 30 blind students are trained at his centre and are hopeful of a brighter future.

Srikanth remembers that he was born blind in a poor family and despite opposition from all friends and relatives; his parents gave him the best possible education. He is now the CEO of Bollant Industries, a company that employs disabled people who manufacture eco-friendly disposable consumer packing.

Srikanth came from a humble background and proved to be among real Yodhas, the way he challenged, all those who stood in his way.

These stories are an inspiration for all of us and motivate us to never give up and take on the challenges of life head-on, the same way these Yodhas took.

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