Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the grit of Mangaluru-based 17-year-old Bharatanatyam dancer Remona Evette Pereira and the support of her mother despite many odds and said it was nothing but tapasya (penance).
In his virtual five-minute interaction with the girl after presenting the Pradhan Mantri Rashtreeya Bal Puraskar 2022 on the occasion of National Day of the Girl Child on January 24, Mr. Modi said youth like Ms. Pereira are the future of the country.
