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Qumrun, a daughter of a single mother. Her father left them when qumrun was still very young. She cant recall her father's face. But her...
Anjum,17, resides beside the canal sewage in Mazdoorpara, Topsia with her family of five. Her father does cleaning work in a factory. Life...
These children come from the Topsia Squatter Community – a strip of land between 2 sewage canals. They are among the poorest and most...
Tabassum resides in the densely populated Mochi para. Her father is a cycle rickshaw driver. Her mother works as a maid servant and earns...
Laxmi, 23, stays with her family in Kolkata slums beside the railway tracks. Her father Rajkumar sells street food, and her mother is a...
Zeenat has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. She has defied all the prejudice and the cultural expectations that she will marry young and...
Akbar lives with his family in a small hut beside a sewage canal in Topsia Mazdoorpara He recently lost his father who was a ragpicker and...
NurBanu, a 73 years old widow staying with her family of 5 living in a squatter settlement beside the railway tracks at Park Circus. She...
Kamruddin,78, staying beside the sewage in Narkeldanga is an old and sick man. He has 3 members in his family. His son is an alcoholic and...
