When life starts at 60

G K Swamy and his wife have conquered the odds to set up a school for poor children in an Uttarakhand village

At 60, G K Swamy (an economist by training and a consultant by profession) and his wife, Chinni, decided to call it a day. They wrapped up their life in Navi Mumbai, sold their only flat and moved towards the hills. They also decided they were done with earning money and needed to give back to society. Swamy and I are meeting at the Purkal Youth Development Society (PYDS) in Uttarakhand’s Purkal village where he now runs a school — affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education — for 435 children from the lowest income groups in the area. The parents are ...

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When life starts at 60