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Mishba has not disclosed her dream to her family members yet. She believes her thoughts will be considered audacious and her family may decide to marry her off. She explains, “I am waiting for the right time to tell my parents.
Read MoreRabeya Molla is one of the many young girls from Jayanagar, who has faced countless struggles, especially during the pandemic. While her story is similar to that of many other young girls in her community, the ending is quite different…
Read MoreSulekha studies in the eighth standard of a school in her village. Maulana Buddhu Chak
Read More21-year-old Amit Mane came to Mumbai with a small bag of clothes, a certificate confirming that he had cleared 12th standard from a junior college in Sangli, a small district in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and a desperate need for a job.
Read MoreSanchita Dangore is 13 years old, studying in the eighth standard of Municipal school
Read MoreKajal started looking for a job on completing 12th standard...
Read More18-year-old Pooja Kumari knows how to handle rejection while looking out for jobs
Read MoreShashikant Arde is 27 year old and lives in a chawl in Bhandup, West. Bhandup is located in the central suburbs of the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Read MoreAfter his father’s death, 12-year-old Bhupender lost his will to study and to play.
Read More31-year-old Pallavi lives with her two sons, Shreyas and Ayush, in a rented house at Kharadi in Pune. Pallavi completed her 12 th standard and was married off.
Read MoreRenuka, 23, wanted to be a Chartered Accountant and build a dream house for her family. A resident of Delhi, Renuka lives with her parents and younger brother. The latter has only recently completed his secondary education. Her father works as a bus driver in a private company and her mother is a homemaker....
Read More"I never imagined any company would hire me," says 22-year-old Vikas from Chamle village of Bhiwandi, a town located almost 36km away from the city of Mumbai. Vikas’s parents are farmers with an income of Rs. 5,000 a month. Their family of five was surviving on this. Vikas didn’t have the means to opt for college...
Read MoreRajasthan accounts for nearly 10% of the total child labour in the country with Jaipur alone having more than 50,000 child labourers in the age group of 5-14 years. The state stands third after UP and Andhra Pradesh as far as child labourers are concerned.(TOI, Mar 12, 2013) One in every 11 children in India is working. (Mint, Jun12, 2015)
Read MoreTwenty-year-old Shashikant Jaiswal can tell you the exact date when Mahatma Phule Nagar, a slum cluster adjacent to IIT Bombay, came up. “It was in 1991 that migrants living near the Powai Lake were moved here following a beautification drive of the city,” he explains, adding “A large number of our neighbours are migrants from Maharashtra, mostly from Satara and Aurangabad. Those from UP and Bihar are in a minority like us,” he adds with a smile.
Read More14-year-old Sravya Madasu wants to be a doctor. “There are no hospitals in the radius of 10 km of our village. It is so difficult to get a doctor during emergencies. I want to be the first doctor of Pudur village and open a hospital in my community.” Sravya goes to a government school in Bollaram and is ‘happy’ that her mother cannot afford to send her to a private school. “Would I have met Magic Bus had I been studying in a private school?” she asks innocently.
Read MoreAfter years of domestic abuse, this 29-year-old not only decides to break out of it but also finds a way to be independent while fighting those mindsets that subjugate women in all societies. “I did not know I could be anything apart from a daily wager, just like my parents,” says 29-year-old Sashwati
Read More“All my siblings are married. My brothers continue to work odd jobs after marriage. My sisters are homemakers. My father was never in favour of girls’ working outside their homes. That way, my siblings are living to our father’s wishes,” Asma (21) says with a shy smile.
Read More“Bihar has nearly 2.2 million Musahars, according to the state Mahadalit Commission’s interim report. Community activists, however, claim that the population of Musahars cannot be fewer than three million in Bihar. About 96.3 percent of them are landless and 92.5 percent work as farm labour.
Read MoreVaishnavi Kathelkar is 19 years old. She is in the final year of graduation and wants to pursue post graduation afterward. She belongs to Chinchala village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra.
Read MoreJohar and his family of seven members—including his paternal uncle—live in a make-shift tin shanty. He is the oldest among his siblings. His father and uncle are both carpenters and his mother is a housewife.
Read MoreSalman Sheikh is a young boy in class 7, having a problem of a small foot. This made him extremely self-conscious and non-participatory in play activities, despite being quite interested and intelligent in his studies. He also faced a lot of peer pressure wherein, he used to be bullied for his small foot problem.
Read MoreShrutika Bandu Devgade is a Class 7 student, and hails from a family of 3 siblings and her parents. Shrutika’s father (Bandu) and mother (Kalpana) are both B.A. (Bachelor of Arts – Year 2) drop outs.
Read More16-year-old Priyanka Kumari lives with her family of six members in Tughlaqabad village, a slum cluster that grew on a disputed land and still continues to bear the brunt of fear and dispossession.
Read More19-year-old Nazmeen lives at Haiderpur in north Delhi. Her father migrated from Bihar in search of better livelihood opportunities leaving his wife, Nazmeen’s mother, behind. Nazmeen was not even born then.
Read More“A girl is no less than a boy. We learnt it in a session. Then, why should she not go to school? Why should she get married?” 12-year-old Divya lives in Shanker Nagar in Jaipur, a hilly area surrounded by the historic forts of Nahargarh and Amber.
Read More21-year-old Sara Fatima belongs to Mysore and has been in the city all her life. She lives with her parents, a younger sister and her paternal grandmother in Shanthinagar slum cluster of Mysore.
Read MoreNot far from the historic city of the erstwhile Mughal Rulers, Delhi, is the large settlement colony of Bhalswa. In stark contrast to the grandeur of the capital city, Bhalswa can best be described as Delhi’s largest dumping ground.
Read More“I don’t know if I could be happier. I believe this is the best thing that has happened to me in the last 21 years”, says Keerthi, his excitement seeping through his otherwise calm voice.
Read MoreA year ago, when the TV show Satyamev Jayate showcased Magic Bus’ work in moving children from poverty, 57-year-old D.Prakash Rao was one of the millions of viewers.
Read MoreBefore it turns your health upside down, addiction plays havoc with a person’s will power. “Nasha was my life. I would begin and end my day with it. I had lost count of days, months, and years that had flown past me while I was in nasha”,
Read MoreA year ago, it was rare for girls of V.R.P. Chatram community to step out and participate in outdoor activities. V.R.P. Chatram is a semi-rural suburb near Chennai.
Read More20-year-old Suryakant dreams to be a businessman and take his parents on a world trip. ‘My father is a cobbler; my mother, a home-maker.
Read MoreMeet Nagma, Magic Bus Peer Leader, who fought against all odds to pursue a life of her choice - to be a footballer.
Read MoreShivam, 18, lay in his bed at Safdarjung Hospital surrounded by a stack of books. Time and again, he would flip through books as the medicines kept the pain away. A battle raged in his mind as he feverishly tried to remember facts..
Read More“I was just six months old when my father past away. I have seen my mother toil everyday to make ends meet”, says Savitri. 17-year-old Savitri lives in the by-lanes of Timarpur in north Delhi.
Read MoreI am Jolly. I am 20 year old and study Hindi literature at the Jesus and Mary College in Delhi University. This is where I live. You must not have heard of Sant Nagar in Delhi, have you?
Read More18-year-old Ruby’s voice breaks into a wry smile when she thinks about her life before Magic Bus. Ruby is Magic Bus’ Community Youth Leader from Bhalaswa. Bhalaswa is a 15-year-old settlement which was formed after an eviction drive...
Read More“The magic happened 12 years ago when I was introduced to rugby,” says Ravi excitedly. “When I first saw the rugby ball, I thought it was some sort of an inflated egg!” adds Ravin, mischievously.
Read MoreSixteen-year old Sonu lives in the Begumpur Community in South Delhi. Health, hygiene and education issues affect the community, and most children don't go to school regularly. Residents are mostly forced migrants from the East Indian...
Read MoreRitu exchanges traditional roles for girls with her friend Tanu from the Magic Bus Tughlakabad community. Ritu shares her small home in the slums of Tughlakabad with her 7-member family.
Read MorePardeep lives with his parents and four siblings in a single room in JJ Colony within one of the largest resettlement slums in Delhi, Bhalswa. This 14-year-old community is mainly inhabited by migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Read MoreThe Magic Bus’ Bangalore programme started in Doddananagar Slum Community in November 2011. For community inhabitants livelihood sources include tile making, agarbathi (incense stick) making, beedi (Indian cigarette) rolling...
Read More10-year old Poornima from a poverty-stricken family in Jayanagar, Bangalore, has defeated difficult circumstances with her desire and exceptional talent. Poornima, studying in grade 5 at a Government school, was a shy...
Read More"I, Parvati Pujari, am a National Junior Trainer with Magic Bus in Mumbai. My struggle to reach where I am today is a story worth sharing. I was born on 16th August 1990 at Bhabha Hospital in Mumbai.
Read MoreIt was over 15 months ago that Magic Bus mentor Shahbaz Pasha, in his constant endeavour to reach out to more and more children in the Haleem Nagar community, approached Farhan...
Read MoreMagic Bus Intern Priyanka Swami shares her experience of the first Magic Bus session she attended as she went Pilelo-Ho.
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