by SANCHARI BHATTACHARAYA
Professor Sandeep Desai divides his time between running two schools — one for slum children in Mumbai and the other in rural Maharashtra. To achieve his goal of setting up one school every year in a backward area, he collects donations from commuters in Mumbai’s local trains.
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He appreciates the overwhelming appreciation and goodwill that he has encountered after the media, and Salman Khan via his twitter page, made him an instantly recognisable figure. But Professor Desai had a sincere request when Rediff.com met him for an interview: “Please understand that the mission is more important. Please focus on our mission in your story, not me”.
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(Thanks to Pritam Rohila)