Kolkata taxi driver’s sons keep his free schools running

Israfil and Ismail Ghazi are keeping alive the free schools started by their late father, Kolkata taxi driver Gazi Jalaluddin, Awaz The Voice reported on 1 November. Sundarban Shikshayatan, built on land given in 2006 by social workers Ajit Kumar Saha and Dipankar Ghosh, now has 134 students and eight teachers. Most pupils are children of rickshaw pullers and tailors. Fees are about Rs 2,700 a year, paid in instalments, and Ismail still drives a taxi to raise donations.