Hamza was in the middle of a crowd of boys outside of his door. They were watching something advance along the ground under its own power. Hamza turned to look at me and said, "This is my car, I made it." I was impressed. The above photo shows his first working motorized car, made entirely …
A shirtless boy sells flowers on the streets. A bespectacled kid focuses on the embroidery he sets into place. A chai-wala delivers drinks to working men. A preteen cracks jokes with his uncle in an auto shop. A ragpicker gets chased away the trashcan next to a VIP's residence. These are the scenes that crept …
I'm sitting on my mattress writing an essay about child laborers. Three feet in front of me, a child laborer colors on a piece of paper. The coloring is probably little Alisha's1 best intellectual stimulation in days. To my left, Sanjiv is hammering away at Peregrine's purse, fixing a strap that's been broken for months. He …
Stranger in a Slum 