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Growing up hasn’t been easy for Fanindra and his elder brother, Bhaskar. Fanindra is a 17-year-old boy from Kolkata. He lives with his elder brother and mother, Sunita, in a rented house. Their father has been missing since 2014. 

Fanindra’s father didn’t have a stable job; he would do whatever he could find to sup...

Sumana, aged 16, lives with her maternal grandmother, Annapurna, in one of Kolkata’s city slums.  Sumana lost her mother, Sumita, when she was very young. Her father, Gopal, was an alcoholic. He had no concern for the family which caused regular fights at home as Gopal would come home drunk after blowing up half of his income in gambl...

Quality medical care is often a luxury for the poor and the marginalized. Due to absence of basic health infrastructure in majority of the villages across Bengal and Bihar, the villagers either neglect their sickness or turn to local quacks for treatment. Moreover, the lack of education in the villages largely contributes to the exploitation tha...

Sandhya, aged 65 years, lives in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. She had been struggling with a knee pain for many years. She had literally ran from pillar to post, shown herself to a number of doctors and had taken their prescribed medicines, but to no avail. Her pain would keep coming back after completion of her medication.

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