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M works in an office driving cars as he has for the past 13-14 years. His work place is close-by. Family life is taken up with their children - a boy in class 8 and his younger, twin, sisters. He helps his mother take care of the girls.

Fortunately, The entire community basically helps each other with handling children, supporting when there are relatives in the house. It's almost like one family. The entire chawl consisted of the same caste, originally from the same area of Uttar Pradesh.

Financially, the wife said that there is a general sense of worry. As a family they don't really fall sick but just normal expenses can be a burden. They pay a rent of Rs. 10,000 per month. Once a year they go to their native place for vacation for 15 days.