86-year-old ascetic Gaston Dayanand continues his selfless mission, working for India's poorest, defying norms and entering slums barefoot to connect with those in need
Gaston Dayanand, a life "of sharing with the poorest" that inspired the best-selling novel "The City of Joy". Photo: AFP
A trained nurse, Gaston arrived in India in 1972 to work with a French priest in a small self-help centre in Pilkhana.Having arrived on a tuk-tuk, he surprised the local residents by entering on foot. As soon as he arrived in India, he decided to adopt the nationality."It took 20 years, of course," he said.
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