Mangaluru, May 23: Struggling to earn a livelihood and provide education for her children by working as a daily helper in four homes and sweeper in two offices, a mother who is the sole breadwinner of the family, has found her struggle become worthwhile after her twin daughters passed their second PUC examinations this year with distinction.
In a small tiled house in Jyothinagar in Vijayapura Colony near Kavoor on the outskirts of Mangaluru, Bibijan lives with her husband Mohammed Haneef and four children. All the residents of the colony are migrant workers from north Karnataka. Originally from Gadag district, Mohammed Haneef and Bibijan have been residing in Jyothinagar from the past 25 years and rearing their children.
While Mohammed Haneef had been working as a coolie labourer in Mangaluru, he is unable to work due to ill health and having to undergo a medical operation, leaving Bibijan to shoulder the entire responsibility of feeding and looking after the family of six members.
Bibijan earns her livelihood by working as a help in four houses and a couple of offices for six days in a week and selling glass bangles as a street vendor near Central Market in the city along with her daughter on Sundays.
In between her struggle to earn a livelihood, her twin daughters Afreena and Nasreena have achieved Distinction by scoring a total of 531 marks (88.5 percent) and 522 marks (87 percent) respectively, causing Bibijan to beam with happiness at her daughters' success.
When the second PUC results were announced on Monday, Bibijan was informed of the results from the college over phone since the family did not have access to internet facility. She was unable to believe and unable to contain her joy on hearing her daughters' results in the exams.
Sharing her grievances, Bibijan said that she had to leave home for work early in the morning leaving her with no time to prepare breakfast or tiffin for her children on most days. "On these days, my children have had to attend their classes on empty stomachs, which pains me. I struggle hard just to ensure that they get a good education and become good citizens," she said, brimming with pride at her twins' success.
Her eldest daughter Nilofer has just completed her final year MCom examinations and awaits her results. She is hunting for a job so that she could take a little burden off her mother's shoulders and support her family.
Bibijan's youngest son has also obtained good results in his SSLC examinations this year.
After hearing their results, Afreena wishes to pursue BCom and the Commerce stream like her elder sister while Nasreena wants to pursue her BBM and move on to pursue an MBA degree
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