Dressed in spotless white Honnesara Paniyajji Manjappa smiles warmly at the children sitting behind a long narrow desk. The classroom is octagonal so that every child faces the teacher. No one can be a backbencher at the three Vanashree schools Manjappa runs in the Shimoga district of Karnataka.
The faces of the children reveal that they are from all over India. Mostly they are destitute. . .