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New Indian Express
2 days ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Love for Malayalam literature motivates 70-year-old's return to world of letters
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bhageerathi Amma was 105 years old and Karthyayani Amma was 96 when they became poster women of the state's literacy movement by passing its examinations with top marks. Their stories have inspired many elderly persons in the state to return to the world of letters after decades. Chandramani C is one such senior citizen. At the age of 70, she has passed the Class X and also the Class XII equivalency exams with flying colours and going a step further, has also found wings to her literary ambitions. A native of Mampazhakkara in Neyyatinkara taluk of Thiruvananthapuram, Chandramani came to know of the State Literacy Mission's Class X equivalency programme five years ago through her former ward councilor Jaya Dali. Though hesitant at first, it was the firm backing of her husband Sudarshanan K, a daily wage labourer, that prompted the reticent homemaker to give it another try at academics. 'I failed in my SSLC exam when I was 15. This was soon after my mother's death. In those days, failure in Class X exam means a full stop to your academic dreams,' Chandramani said. Her love for Malayalam literature and stories of veterans like Bhageerathi Amma and Karthyayani Amma ignited the fire within her to study again. Though taunted occasionally by members of her age group, Chandramani did not step back.
India Today
13-05-2025
- India Today
Man caught using fake notes in Odisha, leads cops to currency racket mastermind
A major counterfeit currency racket was busted in Odisha with the arrest of the alleged kingpin from Jajpur district. Police recovered fake currency notes worth Rs 2.72 lakh from his house on breakthrough came after a man was caught red-handed in Bhadrak on May 10 while trying to use fake notes at a shop. Locals raised an alarm after noticing something odd about a Rs 200 note, and managed to detain one of the two men involved. The suspect was handed over to the police, leading to further later, the mastermind behind the fake currency racket, identified as Chandramani Bal, was arrested. 'Chandramani is a history-sheeter and has previously been arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police in a similar case. He has been running this operation for several years and distributing counterfeit notes across multiple districts in Odisha and beyond,' said Bhadrak SDPO Bichitrananda Sethi during a press on information from the detained man, Dasarathpur police raided Chandramani's residence and found a colour printer, cutting tools, and several bundles of fake currency. The notes had been carefully printed and trimmed, ready for revealed that Rs 7,000 in fake notes were seized from the man caught in Bhadrak, which helped them trace the operation back to its source. The racket is believed to have spread counterfeit currency to various parts of the said the investigation is ongoing to identify other members of the network and assess the total scale of the operation.
