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A HIDDEN INDIA (5)

The lucky ones are seasonal workers, who will go home for some of the year to work in the fields. The unlucky ones are “bonded”—they have taken a loan from their employers to pay for basic needs and must work to pay it off. Some never will, and will pass the debt on to their children.

 

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