Goa, July 13 -- JENIFER FERNANDES

joseph@herald-goa.com

ALDONA: At a modest home in Corjuem, the sound of chalk on slate and the murmur of young voices fill the air. Here lives Pradnya Shet, a simple yet extraordinary woman whose life is a story of quiet determination, boundless compassion, and an unshakable belief in the power of education.

Pradnya, a graduate in Arts, dreamt of a government job - a dream she chased through countless interviews. But with poverty shadowing her family, limited support, and hurdles that life kept throwing even after marriage, her dream remained elusive. "I faced many rejections," she admits, "and one day I realised - maybe life had a different path meant for me."

That was the beginning of her journey as...