Harekala Hajabba - Fruit Hawker to Life Maker!
Today's episode of the Kannada quiz program 'That Antha Heli' had one Harekala Hajabba as a guest participant. Hajabba's life story is no less than a drama that can unfold on screen and inspirational on all counts. H ajabba is a fruit hawk er who with his meagre savings set up a school for children. Harekala Hajabba lost his hut to river floods. But that did not deter him. Hajabba collected little funds from selling oranges and finally setup 'Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School' in Newpadupu, near Mangalore. He started selling oranges since then. He never went to school and he always felt that the root cause of his travails was his lack of schooling & education. But he always dreamt of seeing his village kids go to school. We find it difficult to even respond to difficulties of those near us or take responsibility for the sake of the nation. (All photos belong to their respective owners) And here we have a frui...