Picture a child born in a remote, highly disadvantaged rural area, a place deprived of basic human conditions we take for granted. He was a religious minority in a predominantly Muslim country. In fact, his Hindu village was surrounded by at least 20 Muslim communities, making it more than a day’s journey on foot to reach the nearest Hindu neighborhood. Such a position, however, was not without its value. On the contrary, the life of anomie and squalor led him to take on “double consciousness,” and, in turn, resilience