Shail profiles a reticent, young auto driver, Narayan. He is soft-spoken and has good values. Though doing a small job, he has his eyes set of the goals of his...
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September 19, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Street Smart and Happy, Sulochana is a Vibrant Charmer!
The streets of Chennai nurtured Sulochana for more than four decades. The 53-year- old vibrant woman, full of vivacious energy, began helping her mother, at the fruit and vegetable shop on...
The Life of a Flower Seller on the Streets of Chennai
Life isn’t rosy for Hamsa, a 60-year- old flower seller on a street of Chennai. Unlettered, she is at times cheated by some customers. She educated her three daughters and...
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August 29, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Lakshmi Slogged in a tea Kiosk, Educated Children, Bought two Houses
Surmounting many odds, 40-year- old Lakshmi, helped her husband manage the wayside tea kiosk. Two helper boys were fudging accounts. They were thrown out and she put her shoulder to the...
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August 22, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Venkatesha: A Lonesome Cobbler Stayed Back as Others Left the Pavement
Venkatesha has been working as a cobbler for the past 50 years. He has been sitting on the same pavement for almost half a century. New buildings have sprung up...
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August 8, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Malathy was pushed out to the Streets to eke out a Living after a Mill Shutdown
A matriculate, Malathy used to work in a garment mill for seven years after she got married. But, the mill shut down and she had to stop working. Now, she sells...
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June 18, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Letter from a Daughter to her Father
Staying far away from her father, who lives all by himself, despite his advancing age, Shail writes a soulful letter to her father, Papa. This is a part of the...