M Ahmad Some people spend their whole lives struggling. Some times for their own interests and some time for the cause of others. Such people perform the responsibilities of the family and society with such devotion and honesty that while struggling they create examples. One such personality is Droupadi Murmu. Born in 1958 in Baidaposi village of Mayurbhanj District of Odisha, Ms Murmu belongs to the Santhal community, one of India’s largest tribal groups. Daughter of a village council chief, […]
In Odisha’s Uperbeda, presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu's ancestral village, people plan to celebrate her electoral victory by distributing 20,000 laddoos.
India Today travelled to Odisha’s Uperbeda, the native village of presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. Mud houses and thatched roofs littered the small village that has a population of 6,623.