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  • Community reporter Shanti Adivasi, 52, sits for a portrait in a village house in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, sells a few copies of this week's newspapers to villagers in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, speaks with a group of illiterate women, as they wait to attend a group reading of this week's newspapers in their village in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, interviews a worker in a roadside food stall in Jawaharnagar area in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Train passengers get off to refill their drinking water bottles at Erode Junction stn., a 20 minute stop for the Himsagar Express 6318 in Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A Tamil woman tends to her child while waiting at a phone booth at Erode Junction stn., Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Food vendors sell Muruku, an array of South Indian snacks, through the grilled windows of the sleeper class coach to train passengers of the Himsagar Express 6318 as it stops for 20 minutes at Erode Junction stn., Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • The Himsagar Express 6318 stops for 2 min at Tiruvalla stn., Kerala on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A/C mechanic M. Laguri (centre) chats with his co-workers from the housekeeping dept. as they pack up the bedsheets and pillows to be unloaded at the final station, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Food vendors sell an array of Indian and imported snacks, through the grilled windows of the sleeper class coach to train passengers of the Himsagar Express 6318 as it stops for 5 minutes at Coimbatore Junction stn. at the border of Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Chandrapur stn. Maharashtra on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A floor sweeper clears the filth on the Himsagar Express 6318 on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Passengers make calls and drink chai during a 15 minute stop at Nagpur station, Maharashtra...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Passengers disembark to buy magazines and food during a 15 minute stop at Nagpur station, Maharashtra...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Pilgrim Jamnadas Prajapati aged 80 takes a nap as he travels for the 3rd time from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, to Kanyakumari to visit the Ramanathaswamy Temple. Jamnadas is a former railway employee and is allowed to travel with his wife, free of charge, to anywhere in India twice a year...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 passing through Haryana on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers play cards to pass time while on the Himsagar Express 6318 on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Meena, from Rohtak town, packs Jamun fruits into a newspaper packet for sale on the Himsagar Express 6318 on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Passengers drink chai as they wait on the platforms at Dhuri Junction Stn., Punjab on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A girl in the air-conditioned (A/C) coach wakes up early to study.. .Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Passengers disembark as the Himsagar Express 6317 pulls in to the Jammu Tawi station after its four day journey from Kanyakumari on 6th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India..Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National.
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  • Kamlesh Kumari (right), 28, receives this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper from Sunita (unseen) at her house in a village in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Kamlesh, a mother of 2, is a farmer, earning about 20000 rupees of sales per annum from her 2 acre farm. She dreams of becoming a journalist for Khabar Lahariya but is not able to apply since the newspaper only takes one reporter in each area, and Sunita is already working in the area. Kamlesh reads the papers out loud to her whole family and illiterate friends. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Kamlesh Kumari (right), 28, receives this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper from Sunita (unseen) at her house in a village in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Kamlesh, a mother of 2, is a farmer, earning about 20000 rupees of sales per annum from her 2 acre farm. She dreams of becoming a journalist for Khabar Lahariya but is not able to apply since the newspaper only takes one reporter in each area, and Sunita is already working in the area. Kamlesh reads the papers out loud to her whole family and illiterate friends. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita (center), 22, distributes this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper to Kamlesh Kumari (right), 28, at her house in a village in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Kamlesh, a mother of 2, is a farmer, earning about 20000 rupees of sales per annum from her 2 acre farm. She dreams of becoming a journalist for Khabar Lahariya but is not able to apply since the newspaper only takes one reporter in each area, and Sunita is already working in the area. Kamlesh reads the papers out loud to her whole family and illiterate friends. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • An elderly man walks through agricultural lands as children play a village game in the fields in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, sells a few copies of this week's newspapers to villagers in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, walks with a group of illiterate villagers, to conduct a reading of this week's newspapers under the community People Tree in their village in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi, 52, folds the newspapers at home before heading out to distribute them to her subscribers in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi, 52, gets dressed in her home, where she lives with her 3 generation family of 14, in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (unseen), 52, gets dressed to go to work as her daughter-in-law (left) cooks for the family in their house in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in white saree), 52, interviews Siya Saran (right) and Bacchi Saran (center), heads of a family of illiterate tribal villagers in their housing compound in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 4th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in white saree), 52, interviews a family of tribal villagers in their housing compound in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 4th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in white saree), 52, interviews villagers while distributing this week's newspapers to her subscribers such as Ayodhya Prasad Sen (right), 37, who said of Shanti, "she's a woman with a man's heart, to be able to come into these jungles and do the work she does", in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 4th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • A train mechanic inspects the car attachments at Erode Junction stn., a 20 minute stop for the Himsagar Express 6318 in Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Giant bananas for sale at Erode Junction stn., Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A chai wallah stands by while a tray of Biriyani fried rice is placed on the floor as the food vendor makes his sale through the grilled windows of the Himsagar Express 6318 at Erode Junction stn., Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Jasmine flowers in the hair of South Indian women as they walk the length of the Himsagar Express 6318 to look for their coach as it stops for 20 minutes at Erode Junction stn., Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Food vendors sell Muruku, an array of South Indian snacks, through the grilled windows of the sleeper class coach to train passengers of the Himsagar Express 6318 as it stops for 20 minutes at Erode Junction stn., Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A passenger sifts through stickers of deities and cartoons while a beggar begs for money on the Himsagar Express 6318 as it passes through the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Appreciating the Tamil Nadu scenery of hills and greenery on 9th July 2009, Thiruvani Bhai aged 80 who hails from Pathak, is travelling 2810km from Gwalior to Kanyakumari with her husband to visit the Rameshwaram Temple.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers refill their drinking water at Salem Junction, Tamil Nadu on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • L-R.Ram Kumar, a waiter who works 6 and a half days a week on board the Himsagar Express..sells chai to.Sreenath K.B. aged 23, is a biochemistry graduate currently working as an AIDS Researcher with the National Institute of Immunology (NII) is going from Delhi to Cochin to visit his family..---------.Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • The crowded platforms at Trivandrum Central stn., Kerala, a 10 min stop for the Himsagar Express 6318 as it nears its journey's end on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers rush to find their place on the Himsagar Express 6318 as it makes a 10 min stop at Kollam Junction, Kerala on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Short distance passengers pack the second class coaches at the crowded Kottayam Stn., Kerala on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Porters rest and chat at Ernakulam Stn., Cochin, Kerala on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A porter walks past the Himsagar Express 6318 as it stops for 10 min at Ernakulam Stn., Cochin, Kerala on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A man plays music as he duets Hindi love songs with his wife (unseen) who then begs for money while cradling her child. They get on the Himsagar Express 6318 at Erode Junction and get off at Coimbatore Junction on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Sabitri Lakhera from Jabalpur (right) pack paan for friends and family in the group of 24 people travelling from Bhopal to Kanyakumari on the Himsagar Express 6318 on 9th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A passenger from Gujarat walks up and down the coach, stretching his legs...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A mother ties a cloth cradle to the upper berths for her child (background) while waiting at Chandrapur Stn., Maharashtra, in the Himsagar Express 6318 on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 as it passes through Maharashtra on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Two blind men and a chai wallah take a break from work on the Himsagar Express 6318 as it passes through Maharashtra on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A blind man sells his ware, ranging from travel padlocks and chains to board games and toiletries, to train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 as it passes through Maharashtra on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Nagpur station, Maharashtra...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Sweets for sale at Nagpur station, Maharashtra, a 15 minute stop for the Himsagar Express...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 enjoy the passing rain and greenery in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Clockwise from left:.Rani Lakhera, and her sister-in-law Sulochna Lakhera aged 32,.Anjali Lakhera aged 11 (Rani Lakhera's daughter), Kirti Goswamy aged 13 and her elder sister, Nisha Goswamy aged 18.. .Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Pilgrims Jamnadas Prajapati aged 80 and his wife of 59 years, Shanti aged 65, watch Madhya Pradesh pass by as they travel for the 3rd time from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, to Kanyakumari to visit the Ramanathaswamy Temple. Jamnadas is a former railway employee and is allowed to travel free of charge, by train to anywhere in India twice a year...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • G.G. Goswamy a farmer from Bhopal, looks out at the greenery of Madhya Pradesh state as the Himsagar Express 6318 speeds from Nagpur stn. to Sevagram station on 8th July 2009..6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A parked train carrying iron ore is seen in the background as passengers of the Himsagar Express 6318 get down for morning chai and fresh air as the train halts near Dharakhoa between the stations of Itarsi Junction and Nagpur on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • "Agra Ki Peitha", the Agra speciality sweetened crystalized pumpkin sold to passengers by vendors who board the Himsagar Express 6318 as it passes through Agra, the city of Taj Mahal fame, on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • "Western Style" toilet sign on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Workers cook lunch in the Pantry Car of the Himsagar Express 6318 on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • An unconscious elderly man lies by the door on the Himsagar Express 6318 on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Punjabi men wait at the train crossing as the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari passes through Punjab on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • A Punjabi farmer rides for a short while at the door of the Himsagar Express 6318 on 7th July 2009, with the wheat fields of Punjab passing by.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Members of a group of 11 swamis (holy men) write notes as they chat  on 7th July 2009, during their long journey home to Coimbatore after participating in the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Nitika Jindal (right) a culinary student from Jakhal, Punjab, looks out the door of the train in the non-airconditioned sleeper class...Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 7th July 2009..  .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India..Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National.
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  • The Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) works his way down the length of the train as train passengers settle in on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India..Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National.
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  • The Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) works his way down the length of the train as train passengers settle in on the Himsagar Express 6318 going from Jammu Tawi station to Kanyakumari on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India..Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National.
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  • Passengers disembark the Himsagar Express 6317 at Jammu Tawi station after its four day journey from Kanyakumari on 6th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India..Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National.
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  • Policemen prod at a sleeping sadhu with their stick at the Jammu Tawi station on 6th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India. .Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Passengers wait on the platforms at Jammu Tawi Station in Jammu, J&K, as the Himsagar Express 6317 pulls in to the final station after its four day journey from Kanyakumari on 6th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning over 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state in the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita, 22, walks to a remote village to distribute this week's Khabar Lahariya newspapers and interview villagers in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi, 52, folds the newspapers at home before heading out to distribute them to her subscribers in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • A subscriber of Khabar Lahariya reads his copy of this week's newspapers at his snacks shop in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in green saree), 52, looks at a chart on the wall of the Khabar Lahariya district office in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in white saree), 52, interviews a family of tribal villagers in their housing compound in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 4th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi, 52, works without electricity on her interview notes while her granchildren play around her on a row of beds she shares with her family of 14 in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita, 22, prepares tea for her home-bound husband at their one bedroom house in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Kamlesh Kumari (2nd from right), 28, reads this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper out loud to her whole family and illiterate friends at her house in a village in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Kamlesh, a mother of 2, is a farmer, earning about 20000 rupees of sales per annum from her 2 acre farm. She dreams of becoming a journalist for Khabar Lahariya but is not able to apply since the newspaper only takes one reporter in each area, and Sunita is already working in the area. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita, 22, prepares tea for her home-bound husband at their one bedroom house in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Kamlesh Kumari (3rd from right), 28, reads this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper out loud to her whole family and illiterate friends at her house in a village in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Kamlesh, a mother of 2, is a farmer, earning about 20000 rupees of sales per annum from her 2 acre farm. She dreams of becoming a journalist for Khabar Lahariya but is not able to apply since the newspaper only takes one reporter in each area, and Sunita is already working in the area. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Kamlesh Kumari (2nd from right), 28, reads this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper out loud to her whole family and illiterate friends at her house in a village in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Kamlesh, a mother of 2, is a farmer, earning about 20000 rupees of sales per annum from her 2 acre farm. She dreams of becoming a journalist for Khabar Lahariya but is not able to apply since the newspaper only takes one reporter in each area, and Sunita is already working in the area. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita (center), 22, interviews Bhagwat Dewedi (left), 48, a panchayat leader (village elder), as he walks home from his 25 acres of farming land in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita (left), 22, interviews villagers in a group in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita, 22, walks to a remote village to distribute this week's Khabar Lahariya newspapers and interview villagers in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita (right), 22, interviews villagers in a group in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Junior community reporter Sunita, 22, delivers a copy of this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper to a train gate controller in a remote location in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5th December 2012. Sunita and her husband, now sick with TB and unable to work, were estranged from their families because they married against the family's wishes, so Sunita, who had finished her high-school education, supports her husband on the income she makes as a journalist. She makes about 4500 rupees a month. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi, 52, a community journalist since 2002 at Khabar Lahariya newspaper poses for a portrait at a dried up river in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  She has played a pivotal role in campaigning for water to be supplied to arid villages in the desert-like hills of Manikpur. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi, 52, works without electricity on her interview notes while her granchildren play around her on a row of beds she shares with her family of 14 in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Community reporter Shanti Adivasi, 52, sits for a portrait in a village house in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Community reporter Shanti Adivasi, 52, sits for a portrait in a village house in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, takes photographs to illustrate her articles in future issues of Khabar Lahariya newspaper of the Banda (language) edition in a village in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, distributes this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper to a subscriber at his home in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • A village woman touches Shanti Adivasi's (in yellow saree), 52, feet as a prominent mark of extreme respect as Shanti chats with elderly villagers in a remote tribal village in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, chats with villagers as she distributes this week's Khabar Lahariya newspaper in a remote tribal village in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012.  Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, speaks with a group of illiterate women, as they wait to attend a group reading of this week's newspapers in their village in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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  • Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, interviews a group of tribal women, as they take a break from their work carrying gathered firewood from the jungles to be sold in the towns, in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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