Indian mother runs barefoot to fund daughters’ education
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Ramabai Ranveer, a 47-year-old widow in the Beed district of Maharashtra, India, ran and won a 3-kilometer race barefoot to earn money for her daughters’ schoolbooks.
She removed her sandals when they began to slip during the race and continued running to secure the prize money. Ranveer had never participated in a running competition before, but she entered the race after her daughter stopped speaking to her due to financial difficulties and the family’s inability to afford educational materials.
The video of Ranveer’s run circulated on social media, gaining international attention from outlets like the BBC and highlighting the challenges many Indian families face in accessing education. Ranveer herself left school at age 13 to work in the fields after her husband died in 2012, but she wanted a different future for her daughters, hoping they would find stable employment in public service or law enforcement.
Following the widespread attention, Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court ordered financial assistance of 50,000 rupies for Ranveer’s family. Experts also cautioned against viewing the story as a simple feel-good tale, instead urging that it be seen as evidence of systemic failures in India’s public policies regarding access to education.
