2020, year of the pandemic: For a first-generation tribal college student in TN, getting an ST certificate has been toughest test
Dhanalakshmi, an Irula student, was preparing to study agricultural sciences, but official apathy towards granting her a community certificate stands in the way of her aspirations
Greeshma Kuthar
January 09, 2021 12:44:34 IST
Dhanalakshmi with her family at T Parangini village in Vannur. Krithika Srinivasan
Editor's note: In 2020, the COVID-19
outbreak upended lives and livelihoods of people in Tamil Nadu in myriad ways. The novel coronavirus threw up new and unprecedented challenges, especially for people from marginalised sections of society. In a multi-part series, Firstpost explores how individuals from different walks of life lived through the year of the pandemic. This is part eight of the series.