Mangala Muduli, a 19-year-old Bonda tribe student, has undertaken the 420-kilometer journey from his Badbel village in Eastern Ghats in Odisha’s Malkangiri district to study medicine at MKCG Medical College in Berhampur. After cracking this year’s National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, Mangala is set to become the first member of Bonda, a particularly vulnerable tribal group and one of the oldest tribes …
