Daughter of flower seller became inspiration for many, got admission to top US University

Highlights:

• Flower seller got admitted to University of California for a PhD
• In 2014, she got selected for the last seat of OBC in JNU
• Appealed to government to make more public-funded universities like JNU
 
Sarita Mali accompany her father in selling flower garlands in Mumbai, is now getting admission to the University of California for a PhD.
 

Doing her PhD in Hindi Literature

Sarita Mali is 28 years old girl who lives in Mumbai. She use to accompany her father in selling flower garlands on the streets of Mumbai. She is now getting admission to the University of California for a PhD.
 
She is currently doing her PhD in Hindi Literature at Indian Language Centre at JNU. She has taken degrees of MA and Mphil from JNU and in July, she will submit her PhD.
 
During festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, and Dussehra etc, she used to sell flowers with her father. She was doing this work with her father during her school times. Whenever she used to go on vacations from JNU, she used to make flower garlands. This work has been part of their lives. There were problems and there was a passion to do hard work as well. The same passion and support of her family have brought her here.
 

JNU brought turning point of her life

Talking about the turning point of her life, Ms Mali said, “JNU is the turning point of my life. Getting admitted to JNU in MA is the turning point of my life. Had I not got admission here, I don’t know where I would’ve been. A university like JNU gives abundant hope to people coming from the society where I belong to.”
 

Cousin mentioned to her about JNU

One of her cousins mentioned to her about JNU in 2010 but she knew nothing about it. Only one thing stuck in her mind is ‘whosoever goes to JNU becomes something’. She used to chant that daily like a mantra. Keeping it in mind, she started preparation for JNU in her BA first year. In 2014, she got selected for the last seat of OBC in JNU for her master’s.
 

Learnt a lot from day to day struggles

She said that she learnt a lot from her day to day struggles. “Sometimes it feels unbelievable that I am living in some dreams, but I feel there are more responsibilities for me now. When I turn back to look at that society from where I have come, that journey I can’t believe it. If JNU would’ve not been here, I would not have done what I am doing right now. Trust was made after coming to JNU that we can achieve many things,” she said.
 
She appealed to the government to make more such public-funded universities so that more students from their society can come and study. Sarita Mali is one of the youngest scholars at JNU.
 
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