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Nara Lokesh Recalls Strict Mother During School Interaction

Nara Lokesh Recalls Strict Mother During School Interaction
'No Mercy For Low Marks': Education Minister Nara Lokesh Recalls Childhood · NDTV

Nara Lokesh spoke to students at a school in Visakhapatnam.

One student asked what happened when he got low marks as a child.

Lokesh said his father was often busy with politics and away from home.

He said his mother looked after him and helped raise him.

His mother punished him when he received low marks.

She also punished him after catching him trying to copy her signature on a report card.

Lokesh said his mother’s actions came from love.

He credited her for helping him become the person he is today.

Key facts

Speaker
Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh Education Minister
Audience
Students of ZP High School
Location
Chandrapalem, Visakhapatnam
Childhood discipline
Lokesh said his mother punished him for low marks.
Childhood incident
He tried to forge his mother’s signature on a report card and was caught.
Father’s schedule
Lokesh said his father was often away for politics and returned home late.
Credit given
Lokesh credited his mother for helping him reach his present position.

Quotes

Nara Lokesh

Andhra Pradesh Education Minister speaking about his father’s political schedule

“Even if my father arrived at 11.30 pm or 12 am at night, he would be ready and leave by 5.30 am or 6 am in the morning. He would arrive after I went to sleep, and by the time I woke up, he would already be gone”
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“Whatever a mother does, it's out of love, right? It's for our own good, right? So whatever level I have reached today, it's all because of my mother. I am standing here because of my mother”
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