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Raja & Akhilesh Raja, 12 years old, and his little brother Akhilesh, 8 years old, have been with us for over 3 years. When they first arrived they were spending most of their days begging in and around Dehradun, little Akhilesh guiding Raja acting as his ‘seeing eye’.It is a well-known fact that if a […]

 By  Shaila Brijnath Nehruji’s fondness for children led the 14th of November, his birthday, to be declared children’s day in India While it is good to recognise this, it is important to realise that every day is, in fact, children’s day Children must be loved and nurtured every single day; they must be looked after […]

Naina, 13, had walked into our lives in jeans, gaudy multi coloured shirt and the disdainful attitude of a thousand, strutting peacocks writ large on her face, at the inaugural Street Smart meeting, averring, “Mein sab bachon ke leader hoon. Mujse baat karo”, “I am the leader for all children, talk to me.” Almost everyone’s […]

We see them but for most they don’t exist. That they are just as filled with emotions as us often does not matter. Forced to grow old even before they can grow up, if there is someone who needs you it is an impoverished child milling around on the street. All of us are familiar […]

  On Monday, I visited the anti begging outreach program for the first time. When we arrived in the program’s neighborhood, I followed one of the teachers down a dirt road.  We passed shacks and vendors on the side of the road.  She led me through a small doorway. I entered the room where several […]