A sari weaver since he was little, Vijay was afraid he would be punished severely after making a big mistake in one of the saris he was weaving. So Vijay ran away from home when he was about fourteen years old, in 2004. After wandering for about 3 days by himself between Bangalore and Mysore, he was taken in by officials and was taken to BOSCO (Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota) in Bangalore, a shelter home for runaway, abandoned and orphaned children from impoverished backgrounds. He knew that he had a better opportunity to study at BOSCO, so with his parents’ permission, he stayed at BOSCO for the next seven years. It was there that he began to participate in Dream a Dream’s programmes.

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