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Born Into Brothels Calcutta s Red Light Kids
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The men who enter |
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are not so good. |
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They are drunk. |
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They come inside |
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The women ask me... |
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"When are you going |
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They say it won't be long. |
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lt's almost impossible to photograph |
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Everyone is terrified |
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They are frightened |
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Everything is illegal. |
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There's a whole separate society |
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l mean, you just walk down |
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l knew l couldn't do this |
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l wanted to stay with them, live |
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And of course, as soon as |
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l met the children. |
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The brothels are filled with children, |
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And they were so curious. |
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They didn't understand why this woman |
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They were all over me, |
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And take their photographs |
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They wanted to learn |
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That's when l thought it would be |
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and to see this World |
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Kochi is in the class. |
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She's the quiet type, |
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And if Shanti doesn't get her way, |
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l like Avijit but he gets upset |
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And Suchitra... |
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she quietly takes it. |
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She doesn't fight with anyone. |
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When they beat Manik, |
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He never bothers anyone. |
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Gour, if someone calls Gour |
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He picks his teeth all the time. |
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My name is Puja Mukerjee. |
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l live in Abinash Kaviraj Lane. |
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l'm ten years old. |
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For Geeta Masi upstairs, |
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l bring tea, do errands. |
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She gives us money. |
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l mop twice a day. |
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ln the evenings, if they want, |
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Until 1 1:00 at night, |
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l have to get it. |
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l keep thinking... |
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if l could... |
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go some place else... |
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and get education. |
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When you hold the camera, |
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Don't just go like this. |
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lf it's not right here... |
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l'll move a little bit... |
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and make sure everything |
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looks good and then |
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So just do it more slowly. |
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Just today, l took someone's picture |
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l didn't mind. You really have |
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if you want to learn |
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l never really... |
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think about being rich. |
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Even if l was poor... |
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l would have a happy life. |
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One has to accept... |
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life as being... |
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sad and painful... |
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that's all. |
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Pick up the bucket. |
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You do it. |
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You selfish fucking bitch. |
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Hey, l didn't take your water. |
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You know how to use |
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You worthless little cunt. |
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Go tell your mother |
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l have to do something... |
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with my sewing and photography. |
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l need to make a living and |
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People ask me why am l in lndia, |
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There's no rational, |
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but l feel very connected |
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and now their children. |
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Does she like this one? |
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She should be able to say why she |
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She doesn't have to agree |
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l don't like this one because |
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You know what? She's right, |
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That's why l like it |
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l like Zana Auntie's class a lot. |
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l like taking pictures. |
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Editing pictures... |
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l only like a little. |
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l like taking pictures more. |
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l feel shy taking pictures |
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People tease us |
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They say... |
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"Look at them |
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"Who knows where they |
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those cameras from!" |
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Can you see, Grandma? |
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Look carefully. |
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Grandma, please... |
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look carefully. |
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Close one eye... |
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open the other... |
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and take a look. |
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-Can you see it now? |
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Sister, let me see. |
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My God, how beautiful! |
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This picture is funny to me. |
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Maybe it's just because |
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but they look like an old married couple |
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He is like my brother! |
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No, no way... l'm not going |
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Why are you lying so much? |
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Avijit keeps teasing me. |
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lt's a funny photograph |
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ln the photography class, |
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like... |
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l like this one, or that one... |
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He gets to run around |
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But our parents |
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He beats me up all the time... |
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-Why? |
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He punches me |
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And what if you get separated |
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would that be okay? |
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Yes. |
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When l was taking this picture... |
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Shanti came and put her hand |
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and so her hand came into |
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Dad, they tore up |
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When l was little... |
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the police |
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My dad would take me |
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They'd ask her: |
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She'd say no. |
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Then they'd let her go. |
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My mom is very worried |
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ln our room... |
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there is a rod... |
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and from there |
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that way we don't see |
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When my mom works |
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we go up on the roof |
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lt's a lot better |
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l live here with my grandmother... |
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because my mother |
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My father tried to sell me. |
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lf my sister didn't come to get me, |
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l worry that |
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Kochi is very shy and demure. |
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So if somebody is gonna force her into |
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She's never said no |
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So you can imagine |
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The children ask me for help. |
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And it's heartbreaking, |
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all l can do is try. |
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Why do you want to put her |
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Kochi has a very hard life. |
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From 4 o'clock in the morning, |
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She works so hard that |
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But now she makes some money |
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lf she gets into the home. |
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that money won't be there anymore. |
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Yes, true... |
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but l'll manage it somehow. |
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Why did you bring her in |
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She's sitting right over there. |
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There's... |
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no problem with her mother... |
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just that she's temperamental. |
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She's lost six sons, |
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She tried to kill herself |
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Since then, |
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Was there any treatment for her? |
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Yes, there was, but they said |
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Maybe it will get better over time. |
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So, you want to admit Kochi |
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Yes. |
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Yes, l want Kochi |
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and l want her to go |
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lt would be good if she could study. |
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But we have certain rules |
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l can't... |
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promise anything. |
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But we'll take in the application. |
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We need three copies |
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passport size... |
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and the grades from her school. |
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Babu... |
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finding her papers without |
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l have eaten and l will throw up! |
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Move! |
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You're taking them |
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Son of a swine, sit! |
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Avijit won't let me |
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This is even hurting me! |
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Wow! |
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Look that building! |
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l'm gonna take a picture to. |
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Faster, faster. |
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Why don't you go faster? |
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Am l doing it right? |
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The animals in the zoo |
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they are fed only once a day, |
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The elephant |
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He must be hungry. |
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People feed them plastic bags. |
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The animals don't know. |
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They think it's food |
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which is harmful |
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You shot two rolls |
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But the pictures all came out |
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-Why? |
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You should know by now... |
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you can't shoot at night |
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l had absolutely forgotten. |
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What are they doing? |
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They're carrying a dead man |
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when you pass away, |
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Yeah, right. |
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No, l won't! |
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One day, l opened the camera |
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so l don't open it anymore. |
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She's really good at photographing |
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and no one has really done that |
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Like outside her house. |
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Tell her that you know |
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but she's so bold |
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She's one of the few people |
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Generally, people get angry |
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No, nobody gets mad at me. |
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Yeah, because she is very strong. |
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One girl got mad and said: |
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She tore up her picture and said: |
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l said: "Heck, no negatives". |
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Then l walked away, |
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The greatgrandmother, the grandmother |
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but they have better surroundings. |
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lt's a Brahman family, |
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because she eats well, |
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she's not obviously poor... |
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but she's heading for prostitution. |
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Pest of a bird. |
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ls she always this quiet? |
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Quiet? My God! |
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She never listens to me. |
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She never listens to me. |
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My mother is lying a lot. |
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She said her mom is lying. |
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Just ask my grandmother. |
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She's asked |
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Oh my God... |
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how much has to be done! |
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My voice will crack... |
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and hands will ache. |
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l like the way Puja behaves. |
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Whenever she eats something, |
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You don't even have to ask. |
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One day, l went to Puja's house |
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l asked Puja about it... |
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She said... |
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"My mom didn't give money to my |
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so he beat her". |
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l wish l could |
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When she grows up, |
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She'll do drugs |
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lt's my picture. |
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Why do you think it is yours? |
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lt was taken with my camera. |
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l know! But just because |
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doesn't mean it's your photo. |
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A composition means |
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The lines of a picture. |
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These are all very, |
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You can see everything |
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There's so much information |
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There's layers of people |
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middle, back... |
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Suchitra! |
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Tell us about your picture. |
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This is my friend's sister. |
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One day, she was drying clothes |
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she asked me to take her photo... |
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so l got irritated |
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Suchitra's mother is dead. |
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But her aunt wants to send her |
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She's talked to me about it |
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and asked me not to tell anyone. |
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l know about her family... |
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she has pressure on her. |
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All the girls in Suchitra's house |
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That's why she never goes. |
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Suchitra's aunt will put her in the line |
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Do you see any solution |
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No. |
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One of the girls |
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Another was forced |
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These are all my students. |
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They have absolutely no opportunity |
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The question is can l find |
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that will take kids |
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l'm totally independent. |
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in the red light district |
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-Which red light district? |
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Where you've been living |
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On and off, so l've been teaching well. |
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l'm a photographer and l've been |
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and l got very close |
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and l started teaching them |
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There's one group l'm very close to... |
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and l'm trying |
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Trying to find schools, |
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l'm looking for a boarding school... |
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cause otherwise they go back |
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One of the girls was already forced |
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These kids want to be out of there. |
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Are there any boarding schools |
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Cause l found that people don't want |
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No place is the right place. |
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Who will take them? |
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l take pictures to show... |
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how people in this city live. |
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People here live in chaos. |
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ln the village... |
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people may have a mud house, |
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Nobody lives as filthily |
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Wherever there are dirty plates, |
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ln no other country have l seen this. |
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That is why l like photography... |
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l want to put across |
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Whose pictures do you think are better, |
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Avijit's. |
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When a camera is in my hands... |
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l can take a picture of someone... |
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who has gone away, |
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And have something |
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for the rest of my life. |
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l like to draw pictures... |
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because l want to express |
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l want to put my thoughts |
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Come and see all that my grandson |
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This one is full. |
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All these boxes |
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He has drawn and won everything. |
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When he was small... |
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Avijit's picture as a baby. |
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l love this, |
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but you can also see the street. |
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You can see the environment |
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He's just got so many different kinds |
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And the details here, the windows, |
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So many different angles, and things |
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and men sleeping and walking |
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Just a very good contact sheet. |
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ln our room, liquor is sold... |
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almost first thing in the morning. |
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The men drink |
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give them some money, |
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Some men drink and don't pay. |
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Then l have to go after |
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because that's all we have. |
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My father's name is Sunil Halder... |
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and he is almost forty. |
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When l was two, he married my mother, |
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another man got my father |
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At the time... |
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a man got my father adicted |
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ln the past... |
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my father was a very good man. |
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He used to be very fat... |
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and he could easily beat up |
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He was well known and even now... |
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if his name is mentioned |
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people recognize him. |
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But now, my mother has left |
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That is why nobody pays attention |
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But even then... |
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l try to love him a little. |
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My mom lives in the village. |
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Nobody cares about her. |
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My mom used to say jokingly... |
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"l'm going to send you |
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We don't have the money to live, |
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Hurry up. The bus is here. |
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Hurry. Everyone's waiting. |
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l've been waiting |
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Can l sit by the window? |
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Everybody is finally here. |
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-We're leaving. Let's go! |
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One minute. One minute. |
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One minute. One minute. |
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Could you ask everyone if they've got |
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Okay. |
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We're leaving. |
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Look at the water! |
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There are animals there. |
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Look at the ocean! |
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Gour! |
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lt's you and me! |
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A big one is coming! |
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This time we're gonna get wet. |
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Take a picture of me. |
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Look at the sky. The moon! |
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Let me go! |
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Let me go! |
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Let me go! |
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Beat that son of a bitch. |
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Oh God! |
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You aren't the only one |
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Naked fucking whore... |
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giving out all the time |
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l'll have you and fucking |
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Acting the part of a butt |
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lf we are sluts, what are you? |
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You are twice the sluts we are. |
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Do you hear me... |
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or do you have |
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You fucked your son |
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Go and fuck your ass. |
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l'll give it to the motherfucker. |
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You get angry at him |
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Get over here. |
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Pretending to be saintly |
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l'm not a social worker. |
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That's my fear, you know, |
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And that even helping them to get |
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But without help, |
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l can try to find a boarding |
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but you will have to study. |
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He never studies. |
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So do you want to go |
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Do you want to go |
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You'll have to work hard |
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We're going to go and find out exactly |
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l've got the original birth certificates, |
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The reason this is so difficult is |
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And their parents are all criminals. |
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They're all prostitutes, dealing drugs, |
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l don't understand, you know. |
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Everyday. |
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You said it would be done today. |
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You promised it would be done last |
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-What is his father's name? |
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He spells it with a "V". |
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The original ration card says "V". |
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V. l. |
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Aiy, V. l. V. V. |
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First you have to make an application |
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Take it to the Ration Officer |
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Then he will forward you a letter |
| 00:47:32 |
Then you make another report |
| 00:47:35 |
Once it is brought back here, |
| 00:47:44 |
Then fill that form in and bring |
| 00:47:50 |
l just wanna know how long it's supposed |
| 00:47:56 |
Seven days to a month. |
| 00:47:58 |
l could kill this ration guy. |
| 00:48:21 |
So now you die here, stupid! |
| 00:48:26 |
She always has to get her way. |
| 00:49:02 |
So l need to go over everything |
| 00:49:05 |
-Yeah, birth certificates. |
| 00:49:10 |
And ration cards. |
| 00:49:12 |
They don't, l mean, if l have |
| 00:49:16 |
l think l'll just jump off a bridge. |
| 00:49:20 |
Oh my God. l've already... |
| 00:49:23 |
Okay. |
| 00:49:25 |
Medical certificate, |
| 00:49:27 |
Are they HlV positive? |
| 00:49:30 |
l have no idea. |
| 00:49:31 |
Do you think it would be possible |
| 00:49:34 |
Yes, definitely. |
| 00:49:38 |
l mean, l'll do it, |
| 00:49:41 |
Just get a medical certification. |
| 00:49:45 |
So l'll have to take them to the doctor. |
| 00:49:53 |
Kianti: bad news. |
| 00:49:56 |
Potentially devastating news. |
| 00:49:59 |
She called and she said that |
| 00:50:03 |
and they can't move ahead until |
| 00:50:06 |
And that if they have HlV, |
| 00:50:15 |
-You'll just take a little blood, right? |
| 00:50:17 |
you won't even notice. |
| 00:50:20 |
Like an ant bite? |
| 00:50:21 |
Not even an ant bite. |
| 00:50:26 |
lnjections, God. |
| 00:50:30 |
-l don't like shots. |
| 00:50:34 |
Just like an ant bite. |
| 00:50:36 |
Yeah, right, just like candy. |
| 00:50:50 |
Now l'm gonna tie the band. |
| 00:50:53 |
-ls it tight? lt has to be. Does it hurt? |
| 00:50:58 |
-lt hurts! |
| 00:51:02 |
lt is hurting! |
| 00:51:11 |
Let's see this vein. |
| 00:51:13 |
l'm afraid. |
| 00:51:25 |
Take it easy. |
| 00:51:29 |
Perfect. |
| 00:51:30 |
That's it. |
| 00:51:32 |
Very good. |
| 00:51:33 |
Keep your arm like this |
| 00:51:43 |
Good news. |
| 00:51:48 |
Very happy. |
| 00:52:25 |
Does her mother |
| 00:52:31 |
l'll throw you out, |
| 00:52:36 |
l like her, but sometimes |
| 00:52:41 |
But l don't care. |
| 00:52:50 |
l know what she does for work... |
| 00:52:54 |
and l feel bad |
| 00:53:00 |
l don't want to say it, |
| 00:53:03 |
the older Ma is getting. |
| 00:53:08 |
She'll pass away someday. |
| 00:53:11 |
l have a small sister. |
| 00:53:14 |
My sister has taken |
| 00:54:04 |
Right now, |
| 00:54:06 |
My goal now is, l mean, |
| 00:54:08 |
but also to raise money for them |
| 00:54:12 |
selling their photographs |
| 00:54:17 |
Amnesty lnternational is going to use |
| 00:54:21 |
And the photos are being |
| 00:54:25 |
The whole point of this is |
| 00:54:34 |
lt's Shantis photograph. |
| 00:54:54 |
l don't know if you know Robert |
| 00:54:57 |
but he's come out |
| 00:54:59 |
He runs a pretty major photo agency |
| 00:55:02 |
He's become very involved |
| 00:55:07 |
Can you all look here and tell me |
| 00:55:11 |
in this series that |
| 00:55:18 |
-And uh... |
| 00:55:20 |
When l first saw this picture |
| 00:55:25 |
The tone of the sky has almost |
| 00:55:30 |
lt looks like the body starts |
| 00:55:34 |
Almost as if the top half of her body |
| 00:55:39 |
So l was very surprised |
| 00:55:43 |
for the first time. |
| 00:55:49 |
Avijit is very, very exceptional. |
| 00:55:52 |
Very special. |
| 00:55:54 |
He has a natural talent. |
| 00:55:57 |
this organization in Holland, |
| 00:56:02 |
every year invites nine children |
| 00:56:07 |
to come and spend one week in |
| 00:56:10 |
and look at photographs... |
| 00:56:12 |
that are made by 4,000 photographers |
| 00:56:16 |
And one of our ideas is to get... |
| 00:56:19 |
Avijit to come and be |
| 00:56:23 |
to be present at this show. |
| 00:56:28 |
As a grandmother, you should feel |
| 00:56:36 |
lf you are pleased, so are we. |
| 00:56:38 |
So far we've had two exhibitions in NY, |
| 00:56:43 |
So... |
| 00:56:44 |
l've organized an exhibition |
| 00:56:48 |
of your photographs. |
| 00:56:50 |
Only of your photographs. |
| 00:56:52 |
So you will all be |
| 00:56:55 |
You're mothers are invited |
| 00:56:58 |
Ma can't come, |
| 00:57:02 |
What is it? |
| 00:57:04 |
An invitation |
| 00:57:09 |
Who is the second one for? |
| 00:57:11 |
Mother can't go. |
| 00:57:14 |
Because of the baby. |
| 00:57:16 |
Will Tapasi have to go? |
| 00:57:18 |
lf anybody looks after the baby, |
| 00:57:22 |
We don't have it. |
| 00:57:24 |
Nobody here understands |
| 00:57:27 |
Every morning l read just one palm, |
| 00:57:30 |
Do mine, do mine! |
| 00:57:33 |
Will l get a lot of money? |
| 00:57:44 |
No, money will not remain |
| 00:57:52 |
Look at his hair! |
| 00:57:55 |
There it is! |
| 00:57:57 |
Oh, they're all here. |
| 00:57:59 |
-How are you? |
| 00:58:04 |
ln yesterday's newspaper... |
| 00:58:07 |
there's an article. |
| 00:58:08 |
You are published on the front page |
| 00:58:15 |
World famous. |
| 00:58:17 |
l'm gonna show you the pictures |
| 00:58:20 |
-Who's picture is this? |
| 00:58:22 |
Shanti. Like it? |
| 00:58:26 |
This is another picture. |
| 00:58:29 |
What do you think? |
| 00:58:31 |
lt's so pretty! |
| 00:58:33 |
This is... these are who's? |
| 00:58:35 |
Avijit. |
| 00:58:47 |
And the last picture |
| 00:58:56 |
That's it. Congratulations. |
| 00:59:01 |
Enough! Please, relax. |
| 00:59:03 |
And now, |
| 00:59:15 |
My hands are shaking. |
| 00:59:26 |
Zana Auntie? |
| 00:59:27 |
There will be a lot of people |
| 00:59:30 |
Yes, lots of people. |
| 00:59:34 |
Here it is. |
| 00:59:43 |
Oh my God. |
| 00:59:47 |
Our pictures. |
| 00:59:50 |
That's us there. |
| 00:59:55 |
l like it very much. |
| 00:59:58 |
-l like it... |
| 01:00:01 |
-very much. |
| 01:00:03 |
This is her hand. |
| 01:00:04 |
Her hand in front of the camera. |
| 01:00:16 |
l shot this one and that one. |
| 01:00:19 |
Did you do it by yourself? |
| 01:00:22 |
At first l didn't really get it. |
| 01:00:26 |
But then Zana Antie said: |
| 01:00:30 |
and l went and saw a camera |
| 01:00:35 |
So we met Zana Auntie |
| 01:00:38 |
as soon as we saw her. |
| 01:00:41 |
And since then Zana Auntie has been |
| 01:00:47 |
She teaches us so well that |
| 01:00:51 |
We like doing photography so much... |
| 01:00:53 |
that we forget to do our work. |
| 01:00:57 |
What do you want to be |
| 01:01:00 |
l'm not sure... |
| 01:01:03 |
but l want to be a photographer. |
| 01:01:05 |
These photographs will now travel |
| 01:01:08 |
And the proceeds from these exhibitions |
| 01:01:11 |
a decent education for the children, |
| 01:01:14 |
to know a world outside |
| 01:01:17 |
Star News. |
| 01:01:52 |
Avijit's mother died. |
| 01:01:53 |
Some kind of kitchen explosion accident. |
| 01:02:02 |
Do you know how she died, |
| 01:02:04 |
Her pimp set fire to her |
| 01:02:08 |
He burned her. |
| 01:02:12 |
That's what l thought, |
| 01:02:15 |
l'm very worried about him now |
| 01:02:20 |
Will there be any police? |
| 01:02:23 |
Nothing. |
| 01:02:25 |
So sad. |
| 01:02:35 |
l used to want to be a doctor. |
| 01:02:41 |
Then l wanted to become an artist. |
| 01:02:48 |
There is nothing called |
| 01:03:00 |
He isn't going to school at all. |
| 01:03:06 |
lf he doesn't study, |
| 01:03:13 |
He has to become someone of standing, |
| 01:03:15 |
Tell me, how will he do that |
| 01:03:20 |
l am studying. |
| 01:03:22 |
Even if he misses his mother... |
| 01:03:26 |
his exams are staring him |
| 01:03:28 |
They start this Wednesday. |
| 01:03:36 |
l'm always carrying his bags! |
| 01:03:41 |
Wait, wait, wait. |
| 01:03:43 |
Where's Avijit? |
| 01:03:44 |
He won't be coming today. |
| 01:03:48 |
He's gone out with friends. |
| 01:03:51 |
Everybody knows that Avijit |
| 01:03:55 |
He still hasn't got his passport... |
| 01:03:57 |
because there were |
| 01:03:58 |
But if he goes, he's going to represent |
| 01:04:03 |
and all of the hard work |
| 01:04:12 |
Did they invited us in? |
| 01:04:16 |
-Why didn't you come today? |
| 01:04:18 |
Why didn't you tell us |
| 01:04:21 |
l didn't know... |
| 01:04:23 |
my friends had to come tell me. |
| 01:04:27 |
l want to get |
| 01:04:31 |
l go to study in the morning, |
| 01:04:34 |
ln the afternoon l have no time, |
| 01:04:37 |
He's got school in the morning and |
| 01:04:41 |
What about your photography? |
| 01:04:45 |
No. |
| 01:04:46 |
l'll do it later. |
| 01:05:06 |
l could not get a passport |
| 01:05:09 |
l went through everything. |
| 01:05:12 |
Actually, it hasn't |
| 01:05:13 |
so l can't even tell you his passport |
| 01:05:18 |
There is no way to get |
| 01:05:21 |
because he lives |
| 01:05:24 |
l'm afraid the whole thing's |
| 01:05:27 |
Well, l'm afraid the whole |
| 01:05:29 |
Avijit hasn't shot anything at all, |
| 01:05:39 |
You guys, you... |
| 01:05:40 |
and you, and you... |
| 01:05:42 |
have been accepted into a school. |
| 01:05:50 |
My Granny will never let me go |
| 01:05:54 |
l'm the only child. |
| 01:05:57 |
She can visit. |
| 01:06:02 |
Will we have to eat |
| 01:06:05 |
Yuck, l don't like veggie food. |
| 01:06:07 |
Which is more important? |
| 01:06:11 |
Eating chicken |
| 01:06:45 |
This is where |
| 01:06:47 |
Also, they will have to make |
| 01:06:50 |
They help the small kids, but |
| 01:06:54 |
My daughter? |
| 01:06:57 |
She'll have to. |
| 01:06:58 |
But small kids won't have to. |
| 01:07:03 |
That's good. |
| 01:07:06 |
-l wanna use it too. |
| 01:07:10 |
Can't do it. What do l do? |
| 01:07:13 |
When l learn the computer... |
| 01:07:14 |
l can write to Zana Auntie |
| 01:07:18 |
lf they're ready to admit the girls, |
| 01:07:23 |
We want our girls |
| 01:07:29 |
lf they admit their kids here... |
| 01:07:34 |
the girl can be a doctor... |
| 01:07:38 |
can be an engineer... |
| 01:07:40 |
can be a lawyer... |
| 01:07:42 |
They will have a normal life. |
| 01:07:45 |
So there is one thing, very important, |
| 01:07:49 |
They can admit the kids today. |
| 01:07:51 |
And they can remove the kids |
| 01:07:54 |
This is not a jail, they are free. |
| 01:07:56 |
But today, |
| 01:08:00 |
that they won't remove their kids |
| 01:08:04 |
lt means another ten years. |
| 01:08:07 |
They have two or three holidays |
| 01:08:12 |
But for example, |
| 01:08:15 |
when the grandma has died... |
| 01:08:17 |
or the birth of a nephew... |
| 01:08:20 |
No wedding ceremonies, |
| 01:08:22 |
no grandmothers, |
| 01:08:25 |
For all these things, |
| 01:08:28 |
Their first priority |
| 01:08:38 |
Puja won't eat well by herself. |
| 01:08:42 |
She eats just fine. |
| 01:08:47 |
The fact is, Puja's mother |
| 01:08:50 |
She has to learn to eat by herself. |
| 01:08:52 |
-They gave us so much rice and meat... |
| 01:09:11 |
-See you tomorrow. |
| 01:09:20 |
Are we getting off |
| 01:09:25 |
Stop the car. |
| 01:09:31 |
-Bye. |
| 01:09:35 |
-Tomorrow, at eleven. |
| 01:09:37 |
You're coming tomorrow |
| 01:09:41 |
right? |
| 01:09:43 |
Please, write me the address, okay? |
| 01:10:07 |
This guy, Tim Grandage, |
| 01:10:10 |
only wants kids from bad backgrounds... |
| 01:10:13 |
so the children of sex workers. |
| 01:10:16 |
And there's pretty much |
| 01:10:19 |
Nobody else will take them. |
| 01:10:22 |
l would say there are two that need |
| 01:10:26 |
Do they know each other? |
| 01:10:27 |
Yeah, |
| 01:10:29 |
-Which one you're most worried about? |
| 01:10:32 |
l mean, Avijit always's asking me... |
| 01:10:34 |
he says l hate it here, l can't |
| 01:10:38 |
His one grandmother, l think, really cares |
| 01:10:42 |
His grandfather and his father |
| 01:10:47 |
l think he's gonna turn out to be a real |
| 01:10:53 |
He's got an ego, for sure. |
| 01:10:56 |
l think if he's in |
| 01:10:59 |
He wants to be good. |
| 01:11:02 |
ln the last few weeks he's had |
| 01:11:05 |
And he seems to be pretty apathetic. |
| 01:11:09 |
and if he doesn't get out of there |
| 01:11:12 |
That's how l'm feeling about Avijit. |
| 01:11:17 |
Give us five minutes. Give us a chance |
| 01:11:22 |
-Give us five minutes. |
| 01:11:28 |
lf you don't have a good foundation, |
| 01:11:31 |
But they have to start |
| 01:11:34 |
And if you work hard, |
| 01:11:36 |
l'm not going if... |
| 01:11:40 |
they put me back two grades. |
| 01:11:46 |
lsn't it better to be with good people |
| 01:11:49 |
And that want to teach you well? |
| 01:11:55 |
But, you know, it's up to you. |
| 01:11:57 |
l wanna go to school. |
| 01:12:01 |
And as for you, |
| 01:12:04 |
they'll take you. |
| 01:12:05 |
Yes, l'll go. |
| 01:12:12 |
But he understands, right? |
| 01:12:15 |
lf he doesn't take this offer |
| 01:12:17 |
There's nothing more l can do. |
| 01:12:25 |
Maneck has also, l think, been accepted |
| 01:12:30 |
Oh, l'll be happy |
| 01:12:34 |
l told him to go to his class |
| 01:12:38 |
l told him to earn me 200 rupees |
| 01:12:42 |
So he gave me 2 rupees... |
| 01:12:45 |
and ran away to play marbles. |
| 01:12:48 |
Shanti's all right, but this one |
| 01:13:00 |
l'm not worried |
| 01:13:04 |
in fact l feel happy, |
| 01:13:07 |
lf only it wasn't today. |
| 01:13:09 |
My mother died on a Thursday |
| 01:13:12 |
Since then, l don't do |
| 01:13:17 |
Ma, can l go? |
| 01:13:20 |
You can go tomorrow, |
| 01:13:22 |
Everyone is going today. lt's the last |
| 01:13:26 |
l can't let her go on a Thursday. |
| 01:13:29 |
The last time l did something |
| 01:13:35 |
l'm still carrying on that suffering. |
| 01:13:38 |
l'm leaving. |
| 01:13:39 |
You didn't touch your mother's feet. |
| 01:13:44 |
You didn't touch your mother's feet. |
| 01:13:56 |
Now you can go? |
| 01:13:59 |
lt's good for her. Her future. |
| 01:14:02 |
-l know, she will grow up well. |
| 01:14:06 |
One time. |
| 01:14:22 |
l only cried a little |
| 01:14:27 |
But you will get used to it. |
| 01:14:29 |
Wow, you've got a whole lot of things. |
| 01:14:39 |
Shanti. |
| 01:14:42 |
Shanti. |
| 01:14:44 |
Look, there's no need to be sad. |
| 01:14:51 |
Bye, Manik. |
| 01:14:57 |
Don't cry. |
| 01:15:03 |
Gour's going to miss me a lot, |
| 01:15:06 |
They're not coming back anymore |
| 01:15:08 |
They're not coming back |
| 01:15:10 |
They're gone forever |
| 01:15:18 |
Now l'm going to go live with Ross |
| 01:15:21 |
There's Sabera. |
| 01:15:42 |
There is no way that |
| 01:15:46 |
without someone higher up intervening. |
| 01:15:49 |
l don't think this kid |
| 01:15:54 |
School thing. His birth certificate. |
| 01:15:57 |
A letter from student counselor. |
| 01:15:59 |
A copy of the ration card. |
| 01:16:01 |
Corrections for the ration card. |
| 01:16:03 |
Letter from Bob. |
| 01:16:06 |
And an invitation letter for Avijit. |
| 01:16:10 |
So, if that doesn't do it, |
| 01:16:39 |
-Avijit, where are you going? |
| 01:16:43 |
-When? |
| 01:16:46 |
-Are you excited? |
| 01:17:00 |
l'll see you soon. |
| 01:17:05 |
We'll see you later. Bye bye. |
| 01:17:06 |
Please, drive slowly. |
| 01:17:09 |
l won't fulfill my dreams. |
| 01:17:22 |
Priya Auntie, does the window open? |
| 01:17:25 |
-Can l open the window? |
| 01:17:30 |
Now l feel like taking pictures. |
| 01:17:58 |
This is a good picture. |
| 01:18:01 |
We get a good sense |
| 01:18:06 |
And though there is sadness in it... |
| 01:18:10 |
And though it's hard to face, |
| 01:18:23 |
Hold them together. |
| 01:18:57 |
Avijit returned to Calcutta... |
| 01:19:01 |
and chose to enter |
| 01:19:11 |
Manik's father |
| 01:19:21 |
Puja's mother withdrew her |
| 01:19:29 |
Shanti left the Sabera school |
| 01:19:37 |
Gour still lives at home... |
| 01:19:40 |
and hopes to go to university. |
| 01:19:47 |
Tapasi ran away from home... |
| 01:19:50 |
and went to the Sanlaap |
| 01:19:56 |
Suchitra's aunt refused... |
| 01:19:59 |
to let her leave the brothel. |
| 01:20:05 |
Kochi chose to stay at Sabera. |
| 01:20:09 |
She is happy and doing well. |
