Without a roof over their heads: India

Published January 4, 2012
A Visually impaired Indian student writes using the Braille system at Sai Junior College for Blind in Hyderabad, on January 4, 2012 on the 203rd birth anniversary of its French inventor Louis Braille. The Braille system is a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. India counts about one third of the world's total blind population. - AFP Photo
A Visually impaired Indian student writes using the Braille system at Sai Junior College for Blind in Hyderabad, on January 4, 2012 on the 203rd birth anniversary of its French inventor Louis Braille. The Braille system is a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. India counts about one third of the world's total blind population. - AFP Photo

Presenting you pictures from different parts of India, mainly displaying the poor and their daily struggles and labors.

 

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