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Amrawati, Maharashtra
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M worked as a manual labourer at road construction sites, and so he and his wife had periodically lived on the outskirts of large cities where roads were being repaired. M’s wife had not seen any high-rises, or the central parts of metropolitan cities because they always lived on the outskirts whenever they were working. M lived with his wife, and his 3 children attended a school for tribal children which also provided lodgings. He also provided labour for things other than road construction, working at small civil constructions and taking on anything that came his way. Sometimes his wife joined him at work and accompanied him wherever the contractor took them.

The six or seven goats that wandered around their house were milked and occasionally sold for extra money. A nomadic family in the village took care of grazing duties for many villagers and would take M’s goats out to graze each day. All three children spent holidays at home and helped around the house taking up small chores, and when the family of nomads left they would take their goats out in the fields to graze. M’s monthly expenses had been on the uptick lately because the school his children attended had stopped providing them with regulation uniforms and stationary - previously provided for free - and the stipend they received was not enough to cover these supplies. In addition to that, his wife had been feeling poorly and had to be taken to hospital several times.