Children at Work

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Anushka Ravishankar

Orijit Sen

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Velu’s arrival at Chennai Central

Velu got off the Kanyakumari Express at Chennai Central. As he got off the train, his legs felt unsteady. He sat on a bench on the platform with his bundle that had a shirt, a towel and a comb. The eleven-year-old boy had never seen so many people, except once at the village fair. People milled about with their luggage or …