Atono Tsükrü
Kohima, May 14 (EMN): The story of a little boy who delivers 100 copies of newspapers in Kohima town before going to school every morning has taken social media by the storm in the past few days.
Twelve-year-old Minyarhü, a class V student of Government Middle School, L Khel in Kohima village is from Poumai community, residing at Kitsubozou, Kohima. He delivers newspapers to 100 households every morning before he goes to school – the earning from which he uses to pay his for school expenses.
As Eastern Mirror recently caught up with him, it was learned that Minyarhü is the third among seven children in the family. His father is a daily wage earner who works in a stone quarry; and mother is a ‘housewife’.
While most children of his age are in bed early morning every day, Minyarhü gets up at as early as 4.30 am and leaves home to collect his share of papers at 5 am from ‘the delivery point’ at Old NST, Kohima.
He earns INR 700/- per month. And when asked for the motivation behind his ‘unusual job’, he said that he took over the job form his elder brother who had to leave for their village in November 2017. The intention, he shared, was to ease the parent’s burden.
Asked what he does with the monthly imbursement, he said that he gives the entire amount to his parents and asks for some of it when he needs to buy school supplies.
According to this little boy, he is quite happy and satisfied with what he is doing; and has no qualms about it. He shared that even some of his friends from school want to follow his footsteps.
A firm and quick ‘no, never!’ was his response to a query whether his early morning job ever got in the way of his arriving school in time. He shared that he was home by 7.40 am to 8 am after which he manages to reach school by 8.30 every day.
Minyarhü’s daily job is even more remarkable when considering that most kids of his age would rather be free of the responsibilities he has chose to carry at such a tender age. Even after coming home from school, he spends his time helping his mother complete the household chores before going out to play with friends in the evening, it was told.
Per his confession, Minyarhü enjoys being at school. And yet when enquired what he would like to do in future, he point-blanks: ‘I don’t know.’ According to him, his parents appreciate him for what he does for himself and for the family. And for now, that is enough for this remarkable 12-year-old kid.
