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The alarming picture of poverty in India. Image: Four-year-old Kiran, who is suffering from malnutrition, stands next to her mother Sheil Rani in Balabehat village in Lalitpur district, ...
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How poor is ‘poor' in India?
Millions no longer count as poor, but still live one crisis away from hunger, debt, or despair. Poverty on paper isn't ...
These photos show what that other Mumbai — the one still waiting for prosperity — looks like up close. Inside Dharavi, one of the city’s mega-slums, I watched a child play with a kite on a ...
India recently passed a law providing children with the right to free education. But public schools are inadequate and child labor remains common. As a result, many parents turn to better-equipped ...
09/20/2018 September 20, 2018. A new report shows the percentage of Indians living in poverty is half what it was a decade ago. But child poverty around the world is still rife, affecting nearly ...
Images of parents sneaking their children cheat sheets have dumbfounded many in India. Education remains the way out of poverty for millions of young Indians, but the state is failing many of them ...