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I saw this young Brahman boy lost in his thoughts, while his classmates chanted slogans sitting on the banks of the Ganga. Many Brahman families send off their boys to gurukuls, schools like these that train priests, at a tender age. An age when they should be playing and making the most of their childhood.

INDIA | Thursday, 4 July 2013 | Views [644] | View Smaller Image

I saw this young Brahman boy lost in his thoughts, while his classmates chanted slogans sitting on the banks of the Ganga. Many Brahman families send off their boys to gurukuls, schools like these that train priests, at a tender age. An age when they should be playing and making the most of their childhood.

 

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