My Story

My Story: 'We Shape Lives Around Us And Influence Change In Ways We Can't Imagine'

Akanksha Saxena

My father migrated from our village in Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai's Dharavi as a teenage boy. He did odd jobs like being a daily wage labourer, often sleeping on roads and surviving on vada pav. Eventually, he became a hawker selling essential oils. He worked, saved and moved up in life by focusing on...