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Former delinquent fights for a different future
Mohammed Narish has traded drugs and street brawls for the boxing ring, and now guides other young people back from the brink.
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Almost a decade ago at the Singapore Boys’ Hostel, caseworker Narasimman Tivasiha Mani met a 16-year-old who wore bravado like armour.
In his words, Mohammed Narish was a picture of “toxic masculinity”: high walls, hard stare, a “10 out of 10” on the criminal code, revealing nothing and trusting no one.
