In 3-year-old Madhav's eyes, his father was a hero. He was taller, he could throw the ball farther than Madhav could. Madhav especially loved it when his father took him out to the park. What...
Category: Begin Again
Bhawana’s quest for a life without fear
Board exams in India are a time of stress and nervousness for 15-year-olds. This is their first major qualifying exam and most children burn the midnight oil studying for it. Bhawana was no...
Niharika’s fight for her freedom
Niharika's fight for her freedom
CSJ's lead social worker Shabana was on the fifth call in a week with Niharika's uncle, trying to...
Kunwar, 9: The Boy who lost his voice
CSJ's social worker and counsellor work patiently with children like Kunwar to make sure they feel safe
At an age when most children play...
Meet Revathy,17 Who Doesn’t Need a Man In The House to feel Safe
When Revathy was 11, she was raped by her grandmother’s partner and she was brave enough to report the crime, to give testimony against the accused. But when her parents died, her grandmother...
Dignity At Their Pace: Madhav’s Story
A lot of popular culture notions of resilience speak of it as “getting up and dusting oneself off after a fall.”
In some cases, that might be applicable. But, this quick fix notion,...
Turning On The Light: Tarini’s Story
Life is a series of ups and downs, but sometimes when you are on this journey and very early on storm after storm rocks your boat, you can get so used to hunkering down and surviving the...
Support Is Nurturing Towards Resilience: Tina’s Story
From being a child forced to live on the streets to now claiming her space under the sun with confidence and hope, this is Tina’s journey.
Adversity is a part of human life and...
Making the World her Home: Rhea’s Story
What does “home” mean to you? What does the phrase “feeling at home” bring up for you?
The usual suspects are feelings of being in a cocoon of warmth, safety, nourishment and...
Healing is Dreaming Again: Revathi’s Story
Dreaming of living a certain way, imagining and wanting a future, hoping in possibilities are gifts of being human and remaining human. They function as silver linings for dark and heavy clouds...