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kids playing in the river

Even if it's Monday and they are not more than 12, they are not in school. They spend the morning playing in the dry river.
THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN INDIA (1st part): OBSERVATION OF A REALITY

November 3rd 2011
Today I went to lunch at a restaurant in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India. There was a boy who could not have been more than 13 sweeping the floor. As he wiped my table he gave me a lovely smile. On leaving the restaurant I went to a shoe repair roadside box-stall to have my Menorquines repaired. Dillip was about 12 and worked with hammer and nails as 5 peers looked on. I was very happy with the repair ... read more
Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Kullu

Indian Flag The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
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