published in Hindu
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Sitamarhi is a flood-prone district in North Bihar, while `Pratham' is a large-scale citizen's initiative to help every child to go to school. Many children in its programmes in Mumbai are from Sitamarhi. From 2003, about 200 children have returned from Mumbai to Sitamarhi, observes RUKMINI BANERJI.
RUKMINI BANERJI
A bright future is in sight.
A photograph captures a moment in reality, a flashbulb in time. The pictures here have not been carefully arranged in a photo album. They are stray scenes, fresh, still wet from being developed. They are simply what they are: pictures through the eyes of a traveller.
Somewhere between Bathnala and Sundarpur
THERE is a river flowing fast under the bridge. This bridge, like all others we have seen today, is almost falling apart. The steel girders are exposed and bent. The road leading up to the bridge is pitted with large, deep potholes. On both sides, the ground falls away steeply into the fields. It is early June. The heat is scorching.