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Kanika is just 4. With her ragged dress & tears in her eyes she stood in front of me asking me to take her picture. I obliged. She made me promise that I would show her picture to “everyone”. And for that, she brought out a naive smile.

Kanika is raised along the river Ganges that runs through the city of Kolkata. She was born to a family who works in the crematorium of Nimtola. But that does not make her sad or morbid. Like her friends, her mother would dress up for school every morning, and she would spend the afternoon playing on the streets.

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While her parents are working during the day, the local shop owners & the priests of the nearby Hanuman Mandir, would watch over Kanika & her kid friends. Most of the people in this community of Nimtola work in the crematorium. But Kanika wants to grow up & become a teacher some day.

This picture is taken on hand held Nikon D200 with a fill flash set at -2 EV.

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