BUILDING LOVE   I asked my mother About the wrinkles on her stomach While I was praying for a flat stomach and acne free skin She had embraced her ‘post birth’ stomach ‘you were inside, right here’ She said pointing ‘it was our nest’ she…

HOLDING EACH OTHER BY A THREAD Shiva Light shone through his tattered t-shirt Blistered fingers holding onto his friends’ There were 5 Each holding onto each other in one way The small one held the other’s pinky finger Some held the rim of their trousers…

HOLDING MY BREADTH The world is always a hand me down To the next generation It will never be new But we can’t give them something broken   Air pollution The world that gave birth to the children Is poisoning them every second They haven’t…

In collaboration with Tulika Books, we present book reviews every month of new age stories and age old fables, to preserve and promote the habit of reading amongst all children. All of us have a sweet memory attached to the loss of our first milk tooth. Having…

On 3rd February 2020, our team rescued Paramasivam from the Villupuram Railway Station. We found him roaming around on the platform all alone and so our team member decided to go talk to him. He told us that he bunked school and had come there…

He grew the depth of his efforts towards community building, while people limited him to his height. Mr. Udaya Kumar’s childhood and his quest for higher education were not easy. Often teased and taunted for his short stature, he found it difficult to step out…

“Who is the first respondent in any child protection issue? It is the community!” says John Bosk, Railway Children India’s lead for Programmes, who shares in great detail RCI’s inspiration behind our community-based work, the scale and scope for the future, and inspiring stories of…

We found 15-year-old Saravanan at the Katpadi Railway Station all alone and clueless about where to go and what to do. He seemed like he was suffering from a psychological issue, so we took him to the child help desk and made him feel safe…

With the advent of COVID19, many families lost their livelihoods, resulting in extreme poverty, not being able to afford food, nutrition, housing, education, and other basic social protections. Distressed families and communities led to distressed childhoods, pushing children into a dark abyss of poverty, abuse…