In this bustling corner of western Delhi, ironmongers hammer away in workshops, and the narrow streets swarm with motorbikes and rickshaws. Raghubir Na-gar is not desperately poor, yet signs of poverty abound. Before a doorway a delivery man deposits two modest-sized aluminium pots. They contain rice and beans supplied, free, as part of a midday-meal scheme for all who attend school. Somehow 70 children from the nearby alleys are supposed to share the contents.
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