A student of St D R Public Senior Secondary School, Gagret, in the Una district, Mehak lost her father in March. Naseeb Kumar, 49, was admitted to a hospital with an illness but died.
Mehak, all the same, soldiered on despite the chaos in the house.
The girl comes from a family of academics, with her mother, Gurdev Kaur, a TGT Arts teacher, uncle Sanjeev Kumar, a lecturer, and aunt Meena Kumari, a Head Teacher in school. Her younger brother is studying in class 9.
Mehak, a science student, now wants to pursue BSc and eventually become a teacher. PTI COR BPL VN VN