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Kumli Meena is illuminated by the light her son Valiya brought from Mumbai where he goes for work, at their familial home in rural Ruthwara, Rajasthan.“Initially it’s ok but then everything seems very empty,” Kumli says about when her son leaves, “and when they come back it’s like my joy is coming. It’s full and happiness.” Kumli’s husband died when Valiya was still young, and she has worked menial village jobs like cutting and carrying hay to sustain herself and her three sons. Valiya’s remittances have helped the family to sustain itself.

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Matthew Busch
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The Urban Fringe: Migrant Communities in Urban India, Buy Prints, Singles I
Kumli Meena is illuminated by the light her son Valiya brought from Mumbai where he goes for work, at their familial home in rural Ruthwara, Rajasthan.“Initially it’s ok but then everything seems very empty,” Kumli says about when her son leaves, “and when they come back it’s like my joy is coming. It’s full and happiness.” Kumli’s husband died when Valiya was still young, and she has worked menial village jobs like cutting and carrying hay to sustain herself and her three sons. Valiya’s remittances have helped the family to sustain itself.