The Devotee and the Dutiful
Ritesh Uttamchandani Ritesh Uttamchandani 15 Jul, 2015
Eight-year-old Sagar wipes the floor while a devotee prays at one of the many temples in Mumbai’s Banganga Tank complex near Malabar Hill. The son of a municipal worker with the sewage department, Sagar lives in a slum close to the historical tank. Determined to study, he attends a municipal school that provides him a uniform, books and a mid-day meal. On some days, though, at the insistence of the pujari, he finds himself cleaning this temple
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