About Mihir Kumar

Age: 14

Stories by Mihir

	Home away from home By Rebecca Salois, 17, Jessika Officer, 15, Mihir Kumar, 13 Firdas Abamislimov, 15; Abdullah Abamislimov and Yusuf Abamislimov, both 12; and Maleyka Musoyeva, 15, were born in Russia and miss their friends and family still there, but they consider themselves lucky. Their ancestors were deported from their own country more than 60 years ago, and as Meskhetian Turks have faced a long, hard struggle. About 70 of these refugees are working to make Indianapolis their home.
	Growing up poor in Indiana By Sophia Yoo, 16, Mihir Kumar, 13 One in five Hoosier children lives in poverty -- 155,600 people in the state. Every child has a different story. Joelle Agbeshie, 13, came here as a refugee from Togo with her parents. King Collier's dad died, and his mother injured her back and is not able to work. The 10-year-old, his three siblings and mother now live in an apartment and struggle to make ends meet.
	Teens tackle issue of violence By Mihir Kumar, 13 While youth of all backgrounds are victims of violence, black youth seem to be at the epicenter of Indianapolis's rising crime rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list homicide as the leading cause of death for blacks nationwide from ages 10 to 24. Indiana had the third-highest rate of black homicides among all states in 2006, according to a study by the Violence Policy Center, a