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“Being a landless farmer is truly unbearable” Truptimayee describes how “she grew up with scarcity of resources.” Born to a family of farmers in Odisha’s Jaleswar, she faced not just financial restrictions. Social challenges for women were common in her village.
“Once school got over”, her relatives – both close and distant, “came to pry on my marriage plans which would ease off the family burden”, marks the young girl. “Going against all possible odds, it was my father who stood in my support “, sending her to college in Bhubaneswar city, pointing out “education should be the first priority at this age.” Sarcasm and fingers both were raised on this decision. “Knowing that my father was not financially stable,” yet taking up odd jobs to support her education, “made his efforts my biggest inspiration.”
Post her graduation, when it was time for her to search for a new-job, Trupti again faced a harsh reality. “No women in my family went out to work before and so long-pending marriage was the only door opened,” she recalls. Her father’s hard earned money to help her survive in Bhubaneswar would all go in vain, “if I said a yes to the wedding.”
“Disapproving all marriage proposals”, she relocated to Noida, sensing the risk of staying in and near home due to continued societal pressure. But lack of employability skills forced her to take up odd jobs in the new city which barely covered her bills. Meanwhile, pressure to get married from home continued. “Staying alone taught me a lot” recounts Trupti, sharing how she would cut down meals but “never asked for money from my already-burdened father.” Fortunately, the new city introduced her to ANUDIP’s new-age digital skills training centre, where, “I invested my next few months into learning JQuery, HTML, coding and on-demand skills.”
Axis Bank it is!” she laughed, announcing the job offer that she received after completing her course from one of the premier Indian banks. “Introducing me as an Assistant Manager withdrawing a salary of INR 24,000 per month gives my father a strange victory, reveals the 23 year-old.
