Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Barefoot Mother Runs to Fund Daughter’s MPSC Dream
Ramabai Ranvir is a mother from Maharashtra who works hard to support her two daughters.
Her younger daughter, Aarti, wants to pass the MPSC exam and become an officer.
Aarti needed books costing Rs 3,200, but the family did not have enough money.
Ramabai entered a three-kilometre race to try to win money for the books.
She ran barefoot in her saree and won Rs 3,000.
Her older daughter Pooja also came second and won Rs 2,000.
The sisters gave all the prize money to Aarti for her studies.
The family still faces problems because they cannot get a government scholarship without their father’s death certificate.
Ramabai Ranvir won a three-kilometre race in Ambajogai after running barefoot in a saree.
She entered the race hoping to win Rs 3,000 for her daughter Aarti’s MPSC preparation books.
Aarti had stopped speaking to Ramabai for eight days because the family could not afford Rs 3,200 in books.
Ramabai’s elder daughter Pooja finished second, earning Rs 2,000; both prizes were used for Aarti’s education.
The family struggles financially and cannot access Aarti’s scholarship without her late father’s death certificate.
- Who
- Ramabai Ranvir and her daughters, Pooja and Aarti.
- What
- Ramabai won a three-kilometre race to help pay for Aarti’s MPSC preparation books.
- When
- On Sunday, during an event marking the institution’s 75th anniversary and National Sports Day.
- Where
- Ambajogai in Beed district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- Ramabai needed money to buy books for Aarti, who hopes to enter the civil services through the MPSC exam.
- Race
- A three-kilometre ‘Amrut Daud’ in Ambajogai
- Winner
- Ramabai Ranvir, who ran barefoot for most of the race
- Prize money
- Ramabai won Rs 3,000; Pooja won Rs 2,000
- Book cost
- Aarti’s requested MPSC books cost Rs 3,200
- Ramabai’s income
- She earns Rs 9,000 per month as a cook at Dnyandeep Academy
- Aarti’s studies
- Second-year BSc Computer Science student at Vishwabharti Mahavidyalaya in Nanded
- Scholarship obstacle
- The family cannot access Aarti’s scholarship without her late father’s death certificate
- Family circumstances
- Ramabai has raised her daughters alone since her husband died in 2012