Children Of Nanded's Drought, Now Migrants To The Fringes Of Mumbai
She lights a match to start the makeshift stove, adds a bowl of rice to the boiling water and a pinch of salt before she covers the vessel, all the while keeping an eye on an impatient toddler. Sitting in a temporary shelter in Thane set up for families of drought refugees – those who fled the drought in Marathwada to look for work in the city – Lalita’s everyday chores would not have been so out of the ordinary, but she is only 11 years old.
