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Founder of a free school for slum children Rajesh Kumar Sharma, second from right, and Laxmi Chandra, right, write on black boards, painted on a building wall, at a free school run under a metro bridge in New Delhi, India. At least 30 children living in the nearby slums have been receiving free education from this school for the last three years.
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Rajesh Kumar Sharma, teach Somnath, an underprivileged Indian slum child at the school.
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Students help to keep the school clean.
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