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Anusree Bhadury turned …………. (at / to / on) social services to overcome a personal grief. She wanted something to divert her mind and that desire led her ………….. (to / into /at) Ashadan in Byculla which looks after mentally and physically challenged children and dying destitutes.

 When she first went there she was stunned. There were hundreds ………….. (of / off / with) handicapped children. Most of them were orphans too. That first visit to Ashadan was an eye-opener. Bhadury says that she realized that her grief was nothing compared …………….. (at / to / of) theirs. She learned not to give too much importance ……………. (to / for) her own grief and stopped complaining …………. (to / at / with) God. Instead, she decided to devote her life to helping the needy.  

………….. (For / Since / From) the last fifteen years, she has been a regular volunteer …………….. (to / at / in) Ashadan. Every morning, five days a week, she accompanies the children to hospitals for their physiotherapy or other needs. She not only uses her private car to transport children, but also pitches …………… (in / on) with medicines. In the evening, Bhadury returns to Ashadan to teach the physically handicapped children ………….. (for / since) two hours.

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Anusree Bhadury turned to social services to overcome a personal grief. She wanted something to divert her mind and that desire led her to Ashadan in Byculla which looks after mentally and physically challenged children and dying destitutes.

When she first went there she was stunned. There were hundreds of handicapped children. Most of them were orphans too. That first visit to Ashadan was an eye-opener. Bhadury says that she realized that her grief was nothing compared to theirs. She learned not to give too much importance to her own grief and stopped complaining to God. Instead, she decided to devote her life to helping the needy.

 For the last fifteen years, she has been a regular volunteer at Ashadan. Every morning, five days a week, she accompanies the children to hospitals for their physiotherapy or other needs. She not only uses her private car to transport children, but also pitches in with medicines. In the evening, Bhadury returns to Ashadan to teach the physically handicapped children for two hours.