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Parya Vanjhara’s father is a construction labourer who struggles to get ends meet — having seven to feed.
Yet, Parya, 8, goes to a private school in the city. Despite the fact that neither of her parents or elder siblings have never even sat in a classroom.
There is a growing tribe of street urchins who are getting enrolled into public schools, not because their parents have suddenly turned wealthy but because Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad students have come to their aid.
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