Class X top four scorers are 'sahelis'

Allahabad: Four classmates and friends Anamika Tiwari, Swati Maurya, Shalu Shukla and Shivangi Tripathi of Brij Behari Sahai Inter College bagged the top four positions in the district in high school. There used to be tough competition among the four 'sahelis' (friends) from past five years on securing top positions in every class.
Swati, who ranked second in the district by securing 96.83% is the daughter of vendor, who buys plastic goods from Chowk and sells them to customers .
Swati said, "My inspiration is my father whose guidance helped me achieve the position. He helped me keepfocus throughout the year." She bagged 99 marks in science and 95 marks in mathematics. Swati aspires to be an IAS officer.
Her friend Shalu Maurya secured 96.83% marks and bagged third position in the district. She is the daughter of sub-inspector in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
"I credit my success to my teachers and father. I studied for six hours daily throughout the yea rand around 9 hours just before the start of examination."
Shalu giggles that there was a fierce competition among the four 'sahelis' from past five years on securing top positions in class. "It used to be a healthy one and we would talk about anything and everything." She wants to join Indian Engineering Service (IES) after completing her engineering.
Top ranker Anamika, who secure 97.17% marks, too aspires to be an IAS officer.
"I have studied hard but had never thought that I will emerge topper in city," Anamika. Her father works in a private company.
Her classmate Shivangi Tripathi bagged fourth position by securing 95.50% marks. The girls were off social networking sites.
"We do not even have a cellphone so there were no distractions for us," she added.