When Walls Couldn’t Stop a Comeback
Before prison, Aarav was just a Class 12 boywith dreams for tomorrowand a future slowly taking shape.But one moment of anger changed everything.His life moved from classrooms to courtrooms,from making choices to facing consequences. Inside jail, silence became his first teacher,loneliness became the second.Days felt heavy,and time passed slowly.Then a computer class started.Keys clicked, screens […]
When Compassion Speaks Louder Than Words
Aarav arrived carrying silence,not because he had nothing to say,but because the words he knewdid not belong to this place. A foreign land.Unfamiliar faces.And a language that turnedevery simple momentinto a wall. Inside those walls,he stood apart,not out of choice,but because understandingfelt just out of reach. Eyes searched for meaning,hands tried to explainwhat words could […]
When Work Restored Dignity
For Amit (Name Changed),freedom was not a moment,it was a process. Inside prison walls,a needle met thread,and time found rhythm.Each stitch taught patience,each fold restored discipline,each finished seam returned a little dignity. What began as trainingbecame direction. Beyond the gates,work awaited,structured, demanding, steady.Rules did not confine him;they grounded him.Routine became reassurance.Order became stability. A hand […]
When Compassion Became a Second Chance
Ravi (Name Changed) did not grow up with choices,only responsibilities.Life taught him strugglelong before it taught him dreams. Circumstances pushed him onto pathshe never wished to walk,until one day, iron gates closed behind himand silence became his companion. Prison took more than freedom.It took confidence, identity, hope.Days passed heavy with regret,nights filled with questionsno one […]
Rohan: The Boy Who Refused to Break (Name Changed)
Rohan never asked to be brave…Life made him so. A small home.A mother who worked day and night as a housemaid.A father whose anger turned love into fear. Every scream, every tear,pushed childhood further away from him. One day, in a fit of violence,his father injured Rohan’s hand,the same hand he held his books with,the […]
Story of Hope, Through a Child’s Eyes
(Inspired by artwork by Vijay, CVF Child) In every shadow, hope quietly waits.In every separation, love still breathes.Vijay’s artwork captures this truth with powerful simplicity. A child longing for a parent…A mother reaching out with trembling hands…A father staring through prison bars, dreaming of one embrace…And a mother holding her baby close, promising a better […]
Reena’s Light Finds Its Way
In the silence of prison walls,Reena once sat,lost, tired, wrapped in shadows of despair.Yet a quiet spark lived within her,a spark she discoveredwhen India Vision Foundation helped her learn, heal, and rise. Beyond the gates, Project Saakaar held her trembling hands,guiding her towards the dream she had carried for years,a small food stall, a place […]
Threads of Hope, Inside the Walls
Inside the quiet corners of the women’s barrack, something tender was unfolding.A group of female inmates sat together with colourful wool in their hands,not to pass time,not for themselves,but for the little children who live inside the prison with their mothers. What began as a small Children’s Day activity soon turned into an act of […]
Finding Light in the Dark: Shubham’s Story
There are moments inside a prison when quiet potential begins to shine, even in the most unexpected corners.Shubham’s story is one of those moments. He had once been a student in India Vision Foundation’s computer training batch, attentive, disciplined, and eager to learn. Even then, there was something different about him… a calm confidence, a […]
Soul Sunday | Skills that Rebuilt a Life
Behind the walls of Nirman Bhawan,where days once felt endless and silent,a man named Shivam (Name Changed) picked up a needle and thread,and began stitching not just fabric,but pieces of his own life back together. Months turned into lessons.Mistakes turned into mastery.And hope, once a faint whisper,started to speak again. Today, Shivam walks free.Armed not […]