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Living off the dump

HOME BECKONS: A rag picker and her son leave the Pallikaranai swamp-turned-garbage dump after completing their day's work. Dozens of families earn their livelihood by collecting whatever is valuable from the dump everyday, unmindful of health hazard s. - PHOTO: SHAJU JOHN

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