Tapash's Story

As our series of extended interviews with Future Hope alumni continues, we leave Kolkata for another great city of the world... Paris, France!

It's here, in the 5th Arrondissement, we meet Tapash Chakraborty, a rugby loving food fanatic whose love for hospitality has led him to this beautiful corner of the French capital.

Perhaps, while wandering down Rue Mouffetard, the most picturesque of streets south of the Latin Quarter, your senses will draw you slightly to the East. It's here, on Rue Monge, we arrive at India StreEAT. It's a surprise we ever left.

The combination of homely-yet-five-star food, atmospheric interior design and Tapash's warm welcome transports you straight back to Kolkata. That, says Tapash, was always the aim and the people of Paris are undoubtedly the beneficiaries.

So how did our jovial host end up from the streets of Kolkata, through Future Hope, to the Paris restaurant trade? Now there's a story....

After an introduction from Future Hope founder Tim Grandage, Tapash invites professional broadcaster Jonathan Overend into India StreEAT for a conversation, and of course a spot of lunch!

In the first series of "Hope Within The Mango Trees", the full, extraordinary story of Future Hope, our school for street and slum children in Kolkata, is told in an eight-part documentary. We're so glad so many of you enjoyed the series and discovered the joys of Future Hope!

Founded more than 35 years ago,after a sequence of unlikely events involving an English bank manager, a local doctor and a group of streetwise kids, the school has provided a home, an education, a family for thousands of children.

Tim Grandage, who started it all in the 1980s, is here to introduce this second series; a collection of revealing interviews with Future Hope alumni.

Now, in series two, it's time to meet some of the young people who have helped shaped the history of this remarkable organisation. It gets emotional. Enjoy these conversations.

Future Hope is looking to expand by moving to a new purpose-built campus at Rajarhat. The new site would provide homes and education for even more children and improve the facilities for students and teachers alike. Your support is vital. For more information please visit www.futurehope.net. Thank you.

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