"Education is the only light, capable of tearing apart the deep darkness of generational poverty and despair."

My life did not begin in comfort; it began amidst the challenging clatter of railway tracks. As a young boy, my reality was shaped by intense struggle. My father was completely blind, and to survive, I held his hand as we walked through train compartments, begging together for a single day’s meal. I have looked poverty directly in the eyes. I have known the weight of being completely invisible to the world, and I have felt the painful sting of lacking access to a dignity that every human child naturally deserves ...