God Help Them Who Help Themselves: College Girl Sells Tea To Fund Her IAS Preparation

Bhubaneswar: Faith can move mountains. If one has the zeal, he or she can conquer the insurmountable peaks. Subhalaxmi Parida is a live example of tenacity that one requires to achieve her goal.

A college going girl, Subhakaxmi Parida, who aspires to become an IAS officer has been selling tea in front of the Collector office in Dhenkanal district to fund her studies and support her family.

Subhalakshmi Parida of Siminai village in Odapada block of the district is the daughter of a daily wage earner. Since the financial condition of her family is not good, she sells organic tea.

She doesn’t feel shy in doing the business. Subhalakshmi said that she had hopes from her childhood to start her own business when she grows up and study with her own money.