I have a friend. The kind of person everyone around them would describe as sorted. Capable. The one who shows up for others without fail but somehow never seems to need anything in return. In all the years I’ve known them, they’ve never once called me to say they were struggling. Not because life has been easy. But because asking for help stopped feeling like an option somewhere along the way. They handle everything themselves. If something breaks, they fix it. If something h

Some of the deepest prisons have no walls. Ekta Prakash - Founder , Humanising lives When I tell people I work in prisons, I usually get a very specific reaction. People instantly think of Bollywood movies or crime dramas. They ask about the high walls, the guards in khaki, the fights, or how rehabilitation is going. But after a few years of doing this work, I’ve realised it has very little to do with crime and punishment. It is about grief, loneliness, shame, hope

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