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Name: Amina. Age: 30
Education: No formal education
Hails from: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Amina has been waitress in a dance bar for three-and-a-half years.
In Andhra Pradesh she worked in a small bidi factory for a daily wage of Rs 10.
In search of a job, her husband shifted base to Mumbai along with Amina and their two children.
But he didn't find any work in Mumbai. To cap the misery, he had a drinking problem too.
The family was thus left with no income. Amina decided to work in a bar so that her husband and two kids could at least have one decent meal a day.
Just as the family was getting a grip on life, her husband died of tuberculosis. two years ago. "Now, I am all that is left for my kids," she said.
Photographs: Arun Patil
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