When 21-year-old Damayanti Majhi was waiting in the corridors of the 150-year-old Ravenshaw University in Cuttack for her classes to commence on Tuesday, most passers-by stopped for a brief moment to convey congratulatory messages, which she joyfully accepted.
Ms. Majhi is no ordinary student at the varsity; the new Deputy Mayor of Cuttack, Odisha’s oldest city, however, has not let the sudden limelight affect her academic pursuits.
The tribal woman, the youngest candidate to occupy deputy mayor’s post in Odisha, is determined to complete her education before embarking on her political journey. Ms Majhi is now in the second year of her Masters in Commerce.
