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Jan 10, 2011
"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." --Paul Boese
Mass Killer Atones For His Sins
Shyam Narayan Sharma is a bedraggled man noticeable for his garland of old shoes and for wearing sandals and clothes made out of torn jute bags. He has served time in jail after turning himself in for capital crimes. While in jail, Sharma had a personal transformation and "made 600 inmates literate." Upon his release on bail, Dayasagar sold his double-story home to set up a tin shed private school for the poor called Nai Subah (New Morning) where some 60 children of the neighborhood now come for free education.
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Bo and Sita Lozoff's Prison-Ashram project provides spiritual literature and workshops for prisoners. Support their Human Kindness Foundation More ...
