At a time when religious tolerance and communal tensions have become the center of a heated debate, some stories come as a hope for peace and harmony.This is the tale of a 13 year old Muslim girl who set up an excellent example of religious tolerance.
A Class 9 Muslim student from Karnataka secured the first place in the Ramayana Exam conducted by the Bharatha Sanskriti Prathisthan in November 2015. Fathimath Rahila of Puttur, a town in Dakshina Kannada district, got 93 percent in the Ramayan exam.
Fathimath, student of Sarvodaya High School, Sulliapadavu, on the Karnataka-Kerala border was eager to pursue a course in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, reported the Times of India.
