Mann Ki Baat · 31 December 2023
Episode 108, the last of 2023, featured a village school in Jharkhand teaching tribal children in their Kudukh mother tongue, and a Gujarati humourist who gives away all his earnings from shows.
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Person · Manglo, Garhwa, Jharkhand
The founder of the Karthik Oraon Aadivasi Kudukh School in Manglo village, where about 300 tribal children are taught in Kudukh, the Oraon mother tongue, which has its own Tolang Siki script. He started it because children struggled in English, and villagers joined in as results improved.
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Person · Gujarat
A Gujarati humourist and Dairo performer who, since turning 50 in 2017, has spent all his earnings from shows on schools, hospitals and libraries, about ₹8.75 crore. He published the accounts in a book, Social Audit of Social Service.
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