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"I used to be a mechanic but since I never got the proper training that I had wished for, I could not operate and repair all kinds of machinery and tools. I tried, and not to lie to you, I did not do...

"There are only a few times I have had my picture taken. Looks like I am going to earn a lot of good name. Do I keep my hand like this? I am hoping I look good in your picture. You tell me what to...

"I have sold curd in this street for 51 years. When I started a few people came. They told a few others about how good the curd was. Maybe it was the milk I used. I don't mix water and I don't take...

"It has been almost three years now. What do I say? I wish she had not passed away. I feel lonely. There is a big difference with and without her. There was love in everything. I wish she had not...

Can you tell me about your pipe?_x000D_ "I watched Gregory Peck play General MacArthur in the hollywood movie MacArthur. General MacArthur was the greatest american general in the second world war....

"I work. Both at home and at the development centre. And I make some money with my art. With the money I earn, I can fulfil my desires. I go to the market and see a nice saree. And sometimes a mobile...

"For generations our ancestors have been making tools for farming. And I continue to do the same. For every tool, depending on the size, I receive 4 kilos of grains or flour. Some give flour, some...

"My husband is sick for the last two years, his right hand is paralysed. So he has not been able to work. My son and his wife complain about his condition. But what can that poor man do? So I work...

(2/2) "I bore three sons and a daughter with my husband and time passed. I helped at home and things were okay as there were men at home who would earn. From childhood, I loved to draw and paint. In...

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ (1/2)"In those times, according to the traditions of my society, daughters were not sent to school. I worked at home. Cut grass, fed and milked cow, fed my siblings and send...

"I don't know about dreams. There is no use dreaming knowing they will not come true. So I am living, I am working. That is all. I might not have all the money, but I have a clean heart." (Kaari Devi...

"For many years, while I was growing up, I walked with my hands. I had polio. Father and mother were very poor and because of many reasons, living in the society was very difficult. People looked as...

"My dream in life was to be treated as an equal. And I have always strived for that. I came from a poor family. When there were weddings and celebrations in the neighbourhood, we would be called to...

"Father was a poor man who worked for a rich man. I would go with father to the landlord's house to help him with his work. I remember sometimes the landlord would give me a half-eaten plate of food....

"There are many things in life that are not going well. There are many things we could talk about and cry. But because they are there does not mean, I cannot be happy. Sufferings are limitless, but I...

(2/2) After my conversation with Ram Naresh Dai, I did not have it in me to ask questions to the still grieving mother, who had quietly gone inside and brought this picture of her son, Dilip Yadav,...