Vedant endured as a child living in the slums of mumbai, making pennies a day through the job of sorting through bits of recyclable trash. losing his mother and older brother to disease left vedant even among his friends, because his losses left him feeling that the proper for survival would be to avoid getting close to anyone, lest they go away like his family. fortunately, vedant was able to escape his poverty as a teenager and later, as a married man of modest success, look back and his dire philosophy of life, having learned to seek the comforts of friendship.

Privation, toilsome, despondent, protocol, redress.

Explanation:

Vedant endured privation as a child living in the slums of Mumbai, making pennies a day through the toilsome job of sorting through bits of recyclable trash. Losing his mother and older brother to disease left Vedant despondent, even among his friends, because his losses left him feeling that the proper protocol for survival would be to avoid getting close to anyone, lest they go away like his family. Fortunately, Vedant was able to escape his poverty as a teenager and later, as a married man of modest success, look back and redress his dire philosophy of life, having learned to seek the comforts of friendship.

Privation- lacking in the essentials of human growth and development such as food and warmth of the family love or comfort.

Toilsome- to be involved in hard work, something that requires strenous working activity.

Despondent- losing hope or courage as a result of any missing family love or encouragement from loved ones.

Protocol- the procedure or systematic governing of things, the 'accepted' ways of doing things.

redress- to rectify, to remedy, to correct what was done wrong before.

heritage? culture? religion? gene? trait?