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Born in Darbhanga, Bihar, to a family of farmers, Israt was born and brought up in her ancestral village in the 1980s. Deprived of education and basic needs from a young age, Israt and her siblings spent their childhood assisting their parents in a small farm growing rice and potatoes. Her family sustained themselves by…

Amreen grew up in a protective household in Nangloi slum, West of Delhi during the early 1990s. Her father was a hardworking and strict parent who had a job as a truck driver carrying goods across the country. He made a living earning Rs.10000 (140.41 USD or 107.82 £) a month to feed and take…

Arti ‘s parents were migrants from the state of Uttar Pradesh, who settled in the Tigri slum community during the early 1990s. Arti’s childhood was filled with despair as her mother suffered from mental health issues. Her father was employed in the government sector as a cleaner, he made a meagre earning of Rs.400 (5.62…

Dr.Kiran Martin’s humble beginnings and struggles in the founding of Asha were recently chronicled by Femina, the most popular women’s English magazine in the country. Dr.Kiran had a special feature in this monthly issue wherein her enthusiasm and pathos for the development of slum dwellers came to light. Femina was founded in the year 1959,…