‘Like a dream’: Labourer from Dalit community secures full MBBS scholarship

From a thatched hut in Siraha to medical school in Dang, Satyanarayan Safi’s journey is inspiring hope—and anxiety—about how his family will fund his living costs.

In Sripur, a small settlement at Bariyarpatti Rural Municipality-2 in Siraha, stands a thatched hut where locals once went to hire daily labourers. Today, that same house draws crowds for an entirely different reason. A family that has long lived in hardship and despair is suddenly alight with hope.