My name is Mandika. I’m 25 years old. I grew up on the outskirts of Nagpur. My father is a labourer (he earns $80Au...

Ever since I can remember my life has been a battle. My father became seriously mentally ill when I was 4 years old. He would wander here and there with no clothes. We had to tie him up. My mother needed food, so she...

I was born in a village of 13 houses. My parents were simple people. They had no land. My parents were only educated to 1 or 2nd class. My mother was married at 15 which was the normal...

Asha is a little girl of four. When I first met her and her mother Gita they were living on the verandah of Gita’s mother’s house. Inside the one room house (5 by 5mtr) lived Gita’s mother, brother and...

My name is Vijay and I’ve been asked by Ayya Yeshe to write a story about my life. I am the middle child of my parents. I am 17. I have two brothers and we live in a slum. Our house 10mtr by 5mtr and we have a kitchen,...