Describe Santosh’s fight against the system?
Right from the beginning Santosh had to fight the system to assert for her right to equality and education. She never lost her spirit and determination. She defied all the customs and traditions which limit the girls within the spheres of family, marriage and children. She ventured into a man’s domain to become a role model for others.
(i) What does it mean to be ‘on top of the world’?
(ii) What did Santosh do when she was on the top of the world?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following words:
(a) actually, (b) greatness.
What is the secret of Santosh’s success?
What kind of society was Santosh Yadav born in? How was her grandmother different from others?
What made Santosh scale Mt. Everest the second time? How was it important?
