When Sitaram Aade was called to Chandrapur to sign forms allowing his 19 - year - old son Parmesh to climb Mount Everest, he didn't really know what it involved. "I had no idea it could be so dangerous. Had I known, I wouldn't have sent him, " says Sitaram, who grows cotton and tur dal on his three - acre farm in Chincholi village.
Parmesh is among the five tribal students from Maharashtra who hit the headlines for scaling the world's tallest peak on May 17. Umakant Madavi, 18, who lives in Govindpur village, says the experience was "life changing". "When I placed our Adivasi flag on the summit, I thought I had conquered the world, " he says.
Source: TOI