10-year-old's essay on his dead father moves Maharashtra Minister

Minister of Social Justice & Special Assistance Department, Dhananjay Munde has offered financial assistance to the family of Mangesh Valke whose doleful essay, ''Papa, please come back'' went viral on social media.

Beed (Maharashtra): After ETV Bharat's exclusive report on 10-year old Mangesh Valke whose heart-wrenching essay ''Papa, please come back'' was doing rounds on social media, Minister of Social Justice & Special Assistance Department, Dhananjay Munde has offered financial assistance to the grieving family.

The boy who studies in 4th grade wrote an emotional essay dedicating it to his late father, listing down all the pain he and his mother has to go through on a daily basis.

After the demise of his father, his differently-abled mother and he have been going through trials and tribulations of daily life since the family has no one to take up the financial responsibility.

However, the government has offered Rs. 1.5 Lakhs from the ‘Divyang Beej Bhandval Yojana’, a scheme that helps differently-abled people as well as economically weaker families to stay afloat and make ends meet by creating small businesses for themselves.

According to the reports, Mangesh who studies in Aashti Taluka’s Valkevadi in Beed was asked to write an essay on 'My Father' and his mournful essay was shared by his subject teacher on WhatsApp which then became viral on social media.

People across the nation have expressed their emotions and pain through social media.