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Indra should have had the easiest life available in his rural Nepal village. After all, he was born to a wealthy Brahmin family, the highest rung on the ladder of the country's rigid caste system. Instead, rejected by his birth father, Indra was raised as an Untouchable by a family who did not want him. Young Indra's keen intellect and burning curiosity eventually not only uncovered the truth of his birth, but caused him to look at the caste system and ask why for the rest of his life.

At 538 pounds, Rick Salewske lived a small life that consisted of his job, his house, and his car—and he was very close to no longer fitting into his car. His stomach rubbing on the steering wheel had already worn a threadbare line across his pants. Often ridiculed by total strangers, he felt humiliated and very much alone. Rick had been raised in a traditional Catholic family, but his relationship with God was more of a distant, respectful belief than an up-close and personal experience.