(Name Changed to Protect Identity)
He was just a boy,
Living an ordinary life with silent dreams.
A helper in a cloth shop,
Earning enough to survive, but never to soar.
Then, one unexpected day, everything collapsed.
No time to explain, no one to listen.
He found himself behind bars,
Surrounded by shadows, and silence.
The nights were the hardest.
No voice to call his own, no hand to hold.
Just questions echoing in the dark,
“What did I do to deserve this?”
Days blurred into each other…
Until India Vision Foundation walked into that silence.
Not with sympathy, but with dignity,
Not with pity, but with purpose.
A peer leader reached out,
A thread and needle were offered.
“Try embroidery,” they said,
“It won’t just keep your hands busy, it will heal your soul.”
He resisted at first.
But slowly, each stitch pulled him back to life.
Each design whispered, “You still matter.”
Each session rebuilt the pieces of a broken spirit.
The mentors didn’t just teach him a skill,
They listened. They cared. They believed.
They reminded him that even inside prison walls,
Hope can still grow.
When the day of freedom finally arrived,
It wasn’t just about stepping outside…
It was about walking out with strength, with confidence, with a second chance.
And with eyes full of tears and heart full of courage,
Arjun said:
“आप लोगों ने मुझे सिर्फ आज़ादी नहीं दी, मुझे मेरी ज़िंदगी लौटा दी।”
India Vision Foundation didn’t just change his story,
They helped him rewrite it.
