Young software professional donates her first salary to farmer widows in Siddipet
A 22-year-old software professional in Siddipet donated her first salary to families of farmers who died by suicide, inspired by her father, a social activist. She distributed sarees and cash to widows, continuing her father’s long-standing support efforts
Siddipet: Inspired by the path her father has been following for more than two and a half decades, a young woman software professional presented her first month’s salary to families of farmers who died by suicide in Siddipet district.
Well-known social activist and government school teacher Puli Raju has been working on farmer suicides since 2000. The 22-year-old woman is the daughter of Raju. After watching her father struggle to mobilise funds to support the families of farmers after the breadwinner in the family died by suicide, his daughter Puli Manasvi decided to donate her first salary, which she received on April 10. She joined Accenture in March this year after completing her graduation.
In a programme organised at Gajwel Press Club on Sunday, Manasvi, along with her parents, presented sarees to five widows of farmers and Rs 5,000 in cash to each. Kummari Renuka, a resident of Yelkal, Chinthakindi Anusha of Velur, Kondi Manasa of Yetigadda Kistapur, Torri Renuka of Yelkal and Gudise Kalyani of Jaligama were elated by the gesture of the young woman.
Raju was born and brought up in a farmer’s family at Yetigadda Kistapur. His family was displaced under Mallanna Sagar. Moved by the plight of farmers’ widows, Raju has been working constantly on farmer suicides for several years after he started his career as a government school teacher.
Raju, who is working as a teacher at Primary School in Thunki Khalsa of Wargal mandal, hoped that many young people in the country would sympathise with farmers like Manasvi did.
