CBSE Class 10 results: Meet Kafi, an acid attack survivor who fought the odds to become a school topper

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On Friday, 12 years later, Kafi did her parents proud by topping Chandigarhs Institute of Blind in her CBSE Class 10 Boards with 95.20 per cent...

As Kafis family struggled to make ends meet and moved out of Hisar, where her father used to run an iron shop, the three male accused, who were convicted, walked out after two years..

We got busy in saving our childs life and in that process, we realised that the case made by the Hisar police was too weak that all three walked out of the jail, says Kafis father Pawan...

My father now works as a peon in Sector 17 to make a living, she says.. With the help of Braille, educational videos and other equipment, Kafi managed to understand the basics of all the subjects and studied hard to reach her goals..

Mana ki andhera ghana haimagar diya jalana kahan mana hai (Agreed that it is pitch dark but who has ever been stopped from lighting a lamp).Our students have done exceptionally well and [shown that] despite difficult moments, no one can stop you, Jayara added...

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