From school expulsion to free gurukul: A UP man’s journey of change on KBC

Uddeshya Sachan, a KBC 18 contestant from Uttar Pradesh, shares on the show how childhood experiences of financial crisis and school expulsion shaped his decision to build a learning space that now educates around 400 students without charging fees. Recounting the severe financial crisis his family faced, which required him to work multiple jobs to fund his own education, Uddeshya opens up about the pivotal moment that changed his life's purpose by saying, "Sir, mere pitaji tailor the aur mummy ko ek baar current lag gaya tha toh bimaar thi. Ghar ki sthiti bahut kharab thi, rishtedaar thodi madad kar rahe the. Humare paas school ki fees dene ke liye paise nahi the, toh mujhe aur mere bhai ko nikal diya. Pitaji ki sthiti aisi nahi thi lekin unhone bahut sangharsh kiya, chaar hazaar ya paanch hazaar mein ghar chal raha tha. Dheere dheere kaise toh padhai poori hui.