When Childhood Ends Early
JharkhandSanjeev is just 12 years old. But instead of going to school, he spent his days pulling his mother on a fragile wooden cart through rough streets—so she could beg for survival. After losing his father, Sanjeev became his mother’s only support. He fed her, cared for her, and carried a responsibility far beyond his years. When asked about school, he said: “If I go, who will take care of my mother?” Now, after her passing, Sanjeev stands at a turning point. A child who never got to be a child. Sanjeev should have been in school. Not struggling to survive. His story is not just about poverty—it’s about a childhood lost too soon
