Underprivileged kids

The 40 students who attend this school are kids you see loitering railway stations, some of whom have been accused in petty theft cases, are addicted to drugs or mostly work as ragpickers to make ends meet.

By encompassing sports and education under a single sphere, these driven youngsters are changing the conventional narrative nursed by parents about the impossibility of sports and education functioning side by side.

The event happens every year around International Literacy Day, with an aim to spread the joy of books to underprivileged children.

Jambay Gyaltsen Chetan, a 33-year-old from Arunachal Pradesh, has been training over 40 underprivileged children in badminton in a Delhi park for the past three years.

A group of 250 girls from underprivileged backgrounds in Indore had a wonderful treat in store when the district collector P Narahari, organised a special screening of the hit film Dangal for them.

From experiencing the struggles of living with financial problems to using that memory to teach underprivileged kids – Dinesh Kumar Gautam’s journey has been a long and impactful one.

"India is a magical place. The energy that I get from the country and the fans creatively inspires me. Music can change lives," he said.

Gaurav Patil started the group named Kaarwaa.N with 10 like-minded students who wanted to use the spare time they were getting in college to do something constructive for the society.

Cheteshwar Pujara is setting an inspirational example with his attempt to take cricket to all sections of the society. He invested in six acres of land in Rajkot, and developed a cricket academy for children from underprivileged families who are interested in the sport.

Of chai, snacks, Bangalore sidewalks, conversations, music and awareness.