In the bollywood flick Nil Battey Sannata, the mother (Swara Bhaskar) who works as maid joins her daughter in writing exam. In what seems to be a lift out from this film, three of a family which includes mother, father and son studied in the same school and appeared for the higher secondary or Class 12 board examination in West Bengal.
17-year-old Biplab Mondal appeared in exam from Bahirgachi High School, a government-aided school along with his mother Kalyani (32), a housewife and father Balaram (42) who is a farmer. The family hails from Uttar Patikabari village of Nadia district in West Bengal. Kalyani, who got married to Balram when she was in class 8, studied under a tree while her goats grazed in the fields. The board results were declared on May 30 which presented a mixed picture. While mother and son passed the exam, the head of the family, Biplab’s father failed.
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Biplab secured 50.6% of 253 out of 500 marks, his mother Kalyani was not much behind with 45.6% or 228 of 500, reported Hindustan Times. Speaking with the daily, Biplab expressed joy with a tinge of gloom. He said, “The happiness would have been complete if my father could pass the exams with my mother and myself. But we would try to ensure that he gets to study more next time”.
The family studied the same subject Bengali, English, history, education, Sanskrit and philosophy-in Hazrapur High School. They also attended the school in uniform and studied in the same classroom. Notedly, Balaram and Kalyani passed the Madhyamik exam in 2014 and 2015 respectively, they enrolled in the school.
While the father will have to wait for another year, the mother and son want to continue their journey together. “We want to take up the same subjects in the same college. It would allow us to cut costs on books and reference material,” Kalyani told HT.
