Swapna was returning home from her first day at work as a farm hand when we reached Vangapadu village in Warangal district. The first year B.Com student told us she had spent all day applying fertiliser to cotton saplings in a field some three kilometers away. The Rs. 100 she earned will pay for the monthly bus pass she uses for college. So on weekdays, the 19-year-old will attend college. On weekends, she will work on farms as labour.
