THROPATHA B.
ID# 040-1235

About Me
My name is THROPATHA B.. I'm a 12-year-old girl.
Birthday

My birthday is
June 11, 2013.
Geography
Grade

8th Standard

Boarding Home

I live and go school in the Kalrayan Hills in Tamil Nadu, India. Owned and operated by the Arcot Lutheran Church — an Indian, Dalit-led church body in the state of Tamil Nadu — the boarding homes here serve very poor, rural, mostly indigenous students. Many families in these hills rely on subsistence farming, or have to travel far away from home to find low-wage labor.

Favorite Activity

My favorite activity is playing throwball. From Wikipedia: Throwball is a non-contact ball sport played across a net between two teams of nine players on a rectangular court. It is popular in Asia, especially on the Indian subcontinent, and was first played in India as a women's sport in Chennai during the 1940s.

Caste

I come from a marginalized class in the Indian Caste system. "Other Backward Class" is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are educationally or socially disadvantaged. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). [via Wikipedia]

Favorite Subject

Tamil Language

Sibling

Ilavarasi-11th, Ilavanji-10th, Mythilish-5th