The Dream Is Still Alive
A Vision of Stars, Grounded in the Dust of Rural India, NY Times
“Anupam Kumar, 17, is the eldest son of a scooter-rickshaw driver. Anupam is good at math. He has taught himself practically everything he knows, and when he grows up he wants to investigate if there is life in outer space. He says he wants to work at NASA.” …”Moni Kumari Gupta, 17, is one of the rare girls in Mr. Kumar’s program. She, too, wants to do space research, also at NASA.”
