Malappuram: N.P. Sneha, a plus-two student, has become a celebrity with the presentation of the state budget by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Friday. In his speech, Dr Isaac mentioned about her poem titled Lab along with that of renowned women writers such as K.R. Meera and Khadeeja Mumthas. He also later commented about it in his Facebook post and said, “her 12 lines could clearly depict the invisible sweat of women in kitchens.”
Sneha, studying in the MNKM Government Higher Secondary School at Pulapatta in Palakkad district, had received first prize for the poem in the Cherpulasseri sub-district school Kalolsavam in 2015. “It was also well-received by several Facebook users when it was shared on the social media by one of the jury members of the Kalolsavam,” she said.
She was busy with a practical session in the school lab on Friday when she got a surprise call from the finance minister’s office. It was to inform her that her work ‘Lab’ had got a mention in this year’s budget speech and that it had become part of the Assembly record. “I was astonished when the principal entered the physics lab and handed over the call to me,” she said. Her father N.K. Pradeep is a contractor and mother A.V. Sheeba a teacher at GLP School, Pulluvayalkunnu.
