Blog

One of Asha’s biggest milestones was marked on the 27th July last year: the first boy from the slums of Delhi graduated with a Masters in Computer Science from Australia’s top university: University of Melbourne. Mahinder has become a role model for thousands of young people from the slums of Delhi. Hailing from a humble…

Amritesh is the only child of Ram and Devi, who originally come from Rai-Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. They settled in Asha’s Kusumpur Pahari slum colony many years ago and have worked hard all their lives to make ends meet. Amritesh has been associated with Asha all his life, even before he was born, as his…

A collection of glittering trophies outshine the overused utensils and torn bedsheet in Lal Bahadur’s shanty. A resident of Asha’s V. P. Singh camp, Lal Bahadur proudly shows the medals to people who visit him, telling them that his eldest daughter Sandhya has received these. A native of Arrah district of Bhojpur, Bihar, Lal Bahadur…

Little would one realize that the quiet and soft-spoken Chandan was the Asha topper with a whopping score of 89% (A grade) in class 12. Hailing from Jeevan Nagar slum colony, 19-year-old Chandan is the son of a daily wage labourer and the eldest amongst three siblings. Chandan’s tryst with Asha began about fourteen years…