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Character :

1.Santosh Yadav

Santosh Yadav has been portrayed as a firm-willed, decisive, adventurous girl endowed with a
rational mind and physical toughness. Born in a village of Haryana, Santosh Yadav had an
independent temperament right from the beginning and wished to live life I her own terms. She
knew full well that her conservative family would pressurize her to adhere to the traditional way of
life. But at the same time she was aware if she chose a correct and rational path, she would be
able to change others and win their support.
Santosh Yadav had the courage to oppose what she considered to be wrong. When her parents
insisted that she should get married on turning sixteen, she put her foot down and made it clear
that her priority was getting educated. Determined as she was, she got herself enrolled in a
school in Delhi. When the parents threatened that they would not pay school fee, she told them
that she would work part time to pay for her education. Her parents had to finally relent before her
determination. Later on, her iron will. Her physical endurance and mental toughness helped her to
join Maharani College Jaipur and then Nehru Institute of Mountaineering at Uttarkashi. Her
determination, mental strength and physical fitness equipped her for undertaking the dangerous
journey to reach Mt. Everest, the „top of the World‟ successfully, not once but twice.

Santosh Yadav‟s humanitarian attitude and team spirit came to the fore during her expedition
when she helped her fellow climbers. Her concern for the environment was evident when she
brought down as much as 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas.

All these qualities and amazing achievements helped Santosh earn one of the nation‟s top
awards, Padmashri. She was motivation for young men and women in the world.
2. Santosh Yadav’s Parent’s

Santosh Yadav‟s parents were affluent but orthodox, conservative landlords. They liked to live
according to the prevailing customs in the family. However whenever they tried to make Santosh
toe the line set by traditions and the girl offered resistance they yielded because they loved her
from the core of their hearts, she knew that she has chosen a correct and rational pat. Thus,
Santosh kept on getting support from her parents, which in the long run helped her reach the
zenith of glory.
Summary (to be written in Class Work Notebook)

Santosh Yadav was born in a traditional family. She had five brothers. She was born in the small
village of Joniyawas in Haryana. The girl was given the name Santosh, which means
contentment. But Santosh was not always content with her place in a traditional way of life. She
began living life on her own terms from the start. Where other girls wore traditional Indian
dresses, Santosh preferred shorts.

Santosh‟s parents were affluent landowners who could afford to send their children to the best
schools, even to the country‟s capital Delhi, which was quite close by. But, in line with the
prevailing custom in the family, Santosh had to make do with the local village school. At the age
of sixteen years, her parents wanted to marry her. She threatened her parents that she would
never many if she did not get a proper education. She left home and got herself enrolled in a
school in Delhi. When her parents refused to pay for her education. She politely informed them of