VIDARBHA COTTON FARMING

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The cotton-growing industry in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra

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Sangam Gavarguru, age 14, from Adgaon Budruk, has worked in the cotton fields close to his home since he was nine. He still attends school but irregularly. Sangam's father's alcoholism drove his mother to suicide and Sangam now lives with his grandmother. He does not keep in contact with his father. ..Photo: Tom Pietrasik.January 2011.Maharashtra, India
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Sangam Gavarguru, age 14, from Adgaon Budruk, has worked in the cotton fields close to his home since he was nine. He still attends school but irregularly. Sangam's father's alcoholism drove his mother to suicide and Sangam now lives with his grandmother. He does not keep in contact with his father. ..Photo: Tom Pietrasik.January 2011.Maharashtra, India