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A study in contrast

— Photo: V. Ganesan.

One road, different travels: Investing childhood in schooling and wasting it in labour…these two worlds are juxtaposed so poignantly that the divide appears tinged with sorrow. A scene near the Vyasarpadi railway station on Monday.

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