Compiled by TEH ATHIRA YUSOF, C. ARUNO, R. ARAVINTHAN
A FEMALE student’s appeal to let her pass her exams so that she will not get married off has gone viral in India, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The student had written her plea on the answer sheets.
The unnamed person is reported to be one of the 1.7 million students sitting for the Grade 10 exam (SPM equivalent) in the north Indian state of Bihar.
In her answer sheets, the student explained that she is from a poor family and her father could not afford her education.
The student wrote that if she failed the exam, her father would marry her off.
She pleaded for a passing mark so that she could continue her education, escape poverty and have a better future.
> The Vivekananda Ashram of Brickfields organised a five-day spiritual celebration in conjunction with the Maha Sivarathiri festival, Makkal Osai reported.
Ashram chairman Tan Sri Datuk Dr SK Ampikaipakan said the event was held at SJK (T) Vivekananda from March 8 to 12.
The Sivarathiri Peruvizha featured talks on the works of the four Nayanmar and Kavignar Kannadasan by Tamil Nadu poet and writer Kalamamani Isaikkavi Ramanan.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
