True Warriors
Manisha Majji – Unbelievable Story of a Young Adivasi girl
My name is Manisha Gilla Majji and I am from a remote village in Bhamragad, Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, India.[1] Bhamragad is located in the dense forests called Dandkaranya. In India, I am called an Adivasi.[2]The Adivasi is a group of heterogeneous ethnic and tribal people who are part of the aboriginal population of South Asia. One of…
Read MoreManisha – the Soccer Player’s Road to Success
After finishing my three years at S.P. College http://www.spcollegepune.ac.in/ and getting the Bachelor of Arts degree I wanted to continue my education further. But how would I be able to accomplish it? I had no money – all I had was a burning desire to keep on going further. For the past three years the…
Read MoreA Country of Saints & Loan Sharks – Incredible India
Our cook and cleaning lady in Pune, India Sunita looked very sad. So I asked her what the matter was. I knew that her son died at the age of 28, a year ago, because of some illness with his liver. She and her husband took him to the hospital. Most of these poor…
Read MoreManisha – the Soccer Player
I was born in Kolhapur, India, and lived as a child in a small village near Kolhapur with my mother and brother. My parents are separated, and my family’s finances have been very meager all my life. After I finished my 7th grade school in my village, I attended high school in Kolhapur, a much…
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