Farmer sells cow for daughter's education; says she will wear 'doctor's coat' one day

A farmer from Himachal Presh has earned a lot of praises on social media for selling his cow so that his daughter could continue online classes amid coronavirus lockdown. In an interview with Humans of Bombay, farmer, who has t been named, revealed his struggle to buy a smartphone just so that studies of his 10-year-old daughter weren’t compromised. He said that he h to drop out of school in eighth gre, but wanted his kids to get best education possible. 

"Money has always been tight- I make 5000 Rupees each month, sometimes less, but I ensured that both my children went to school,” farmer said. 

Himachal Presh resident said when his daughter’s school started online classes, he did t have a smartphone. 10-year-old initially went around vill, borrowing smartphones from people so that she could study. However, farmer ticed that his daughter would spend half of day wandering around entire vill, trying to find someone to borrow a phone from. farmer said that soon people started to get fed up and seeing his daughter’s sness, he n decided to arrange for a smartphone. 

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He said, “I spoke to a few of my friends, explained my situation and y lent me 5000 Rupees. With that, my wife and I surprised our kids with phone– y couldn’t control ir happiness! My daughter took it and immediately started studying; she’s one who has phone most of time. I was so happy that her studies weren’t compromised”. 

It was after a few weeks that farmer’s friends wanted him to return money he h borrowed. Inste of breaking his daughter’s heart by returning smartphone, farmer decided to sell his cow. Even though his family depends on selling cow milk to survive, farmer sold his cow and paid his debts. 

He ded, “It’s my daughter’s dream to become a doctor and as a far, I’ll do anything to make that happen. Pehnegi… ek din meri beti woh saffed coat pehnegi”. 

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Netizens offer help 

farmer’s story h touched many hearts on social media. Netizens t only found his story ‘inspiring’, but also y flooded comment section with offers to help him. One internet user wrote, “Such an inspiring story, I'm sure y would need plenty of help going forward too. If Humans of Bombay could publish more of such stories and enable us to help m directly (I would love to be able to support this family or ar in need) n I'm sure lots would come forward to do ir bit”. Ar ded, “Too touching with wet eyes. I have firm believe she will be a doctor one day. Where re is a will, re is a way. Universe will send angels. Stay blessed and happy always”. 

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