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Local media reports that an Indian girl who was unable to go to school due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus can now attend online classes by selling mangoes and buying smartphones.
A man who bought one mango for 15,000 yen
Tulsi Kumari, 12, from the industrial city of Jamshedpur in southeastern Jharkhand, eastern India, planned to buy a smartphone with the money she sold on the street to attend an online class. My family was poor and I couldn’t get my device bought.
One day, when “Uncle” heard such a rumor, he bought 12 mangoes from Mr. Tulsi for 10,000 Indian rupees (about 15,000 yen). It is said that the purchase price of about 180,000 yen was transferred to her father, Srimaru.
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The uncle’s invitation was Amaya Haitai, Managing Director of Valuable Edutainment Pvt, which promotes online lessons.
“She didn’t blame her destiny or ask for alms, which is why I bought mangoes from her and did no charity,” Haitai commented.
“That’s right, I wanted to sell mangoes to save money and buy a cell phone so that I could resume studying online. Now I’m buying a cell phone and attending classes.” , Tulsi says.
Source: The Times of India
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