She wakes at 4am and works until 7pm making rope at the side of the road in the fierce south Indian sun. She has no illusions about her situation. Her parents owe 35,000 rupees (£480), a debt that stretches back to before Vinothini was born and for which she has been offered as collateral.
He has been beaten badly by his boss four or five times in the past two years. He was traded for a loan of 5,000 rupees — about £70. “My father used the money to help build a house and to buy a TV,” he said.
(via The Times and @stopthetraffik, photo: Dhilung Kirat)
