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Another failed monsoon forced the farmer to migrate to the city, compelling his family to reconcile to the hellish living conditions of an urban slum. He tried unsuccessfully to get a job.
Faced with unemployment, he traded his soul to a gangster. It was the price to feed his children and safeguard his wife’s honor.
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