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Kalpana O.

On the right is my partner, Kalpana O., of the Prardhana Chartiable Trusts. The other ladies are volunteers from the Lion's Club of Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. Kalpana is an unstoppable force of nature. Government bureaurats shake when they hear her name. In three weeks, she pummeled them into submission and they have agreed to give the school a lot nearby to build a permanent school.

This picture is from Children's Day, a festival for all schoolchildren in honor of India's first president, Nehru.

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