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Name: Akhil Jeemon
Age: 13 Years
Home town: Koothattukulam
Family back ground : Father expired. Mother (Sadia) is a home nurse and remains away from home for many months at a time due to her work commitments.
How he reached here: They don't have a home of their own and his mother is unable to support the kids with her small income.
Highly charged up and always on the move, Akhil is a breezy kid. ' Did you know that I know to drive an auto?' Tossing a rather quirky query he stirred up my interest instantaneously. I stood awestruck for a while before gathering my cool. 'However, I need to get a license and should be 18 years of age to drive it as a profession' he evened off my doubts.
But what is so fascinating about auto driving? I queried. ' I like driving; shuttling from one end of the city to the other with all types of passengers could be real fun' he tried to drive home his point. As I was trying to make some sense for his passion for these bright yellow three wheelers called auto rickshaws ( these are also known as tuk-tuk), he came with an interesting tail piece. 'This job can fetch you a lot of money too so that I can buy a home of our own and look after my mother at her old age.'
'My greatest aim is to have a house of our own and I know it is going to be a long and arduous journey till that goal. God willing, with a lot perseverance and hard work I should be able to do it' he concluded with a sigh. I could read his apprehensions and anxieties and decided to leave him alone in his own world as I moved towards his younger brother Athul who was munching away a toffee after an exciting and arduous spell of sprint around the ground.
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