Born with brittle bone disease (resulting in 16 fractures and 8 surgeries), Ummul Kher moved out on her own to keep studying after Class 8, supported herself by giving ₹100 tuitions in a Delhi slum, and cleared UPSC with AIR 420.
Education can stand by you when everything else feels against you.
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