Bettiah, March 29 -- Barely a few days after Priya Jaiswal's stupendous performance in the Intermediate Examination, a 16-year-old village girl Anshu Kumari, who sparkled on academic firmament in the state by notching up first rank in the Bihar Board 10th Exam, on Saturday said she made her mind to dedicate her life to help cancer patients - the ailment her mother is afflicted with.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Anshu Kumari, who studied in Bhartiya Inter college Gahiri in Nautan block of West Champaran, became nostalgic.

"The aim was never to secure the top rank but to do well in the examination. Going was quite difficult for my family. As my mother Sabita Devi is a cancer patient, we have to go through hardship of sorts including emoti...