Amidst the poverty of Calcutta streets, one woman creates a miraculous melting pot of potential where rich, poor, destitute, Hindu, Muslim and Christian children unite actively rewire their society, and create a future of their own choosing….
Sit Beside Me is the story of a young Irish girl who longed to comfort the untouchables of her own classroom during World War 2. At 13 Cyril Mooney resolved to dedicate her life to helping those living on the margins of society. At 20 she went to India for life, to sit beside those most in need.
There she opened the gates of her school to children of all castes, religions and social backgrounds, igniting a surprisingly simple yet radically effective revolution in education.