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Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers mining mica in the hills that used to be covered by the forest. In Koderma the majority of people are landl...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Daily life in the village of Mahua Pahari. In Koderma district the majority of people are landless peasants. During th...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: A villager climbs on top of the hill to reunite with her family members who have come to mine mica earlier than her....

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers mining mica in the hills that used to be covered by the forest. In Koderma the majority of people are landle...

Jharkhand, India: A farmer's house in the village.

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers working in the mica mine. In Koderma the majority of people are landless peasants. During the rainy season,...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers working in the mica mine. In Koderma the majority of people are landless peasants. During the rainy season,...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers working in the mica mine. In Koderma the majority of people are landless peasants. During the rainy season,...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: A villager walks in the streets along a dry water well. Due to heavy deforestation partly caused by illegal mining th...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Nikita Kumari's bedroom. Nikita, 13, is a 9th-standard-student at the Dhab Upgraded High School. The daughter of a coffee-shop...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Schoolchildren queuing under the tree shades before going to school.

Jharkhand, India: A farmer's house in the village.

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand: India: Daily life in the village of Mahua Pahari. In Koderma district the majority of people are landless peasants. During t...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers working in the mica mine. In Koderma the majority of people are landless peasants. During the rainy season,...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers working in the mica mine. In Koderma the majority of people are landless peasants. During the rainy season,...

Mahua Pahari, Jharkhand, India: A villager uses a shawl to protect her from the summer heat while she works in the mine. In Koderma the majority of p...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand, India: Several women work in the scenic mine of Doda Cola, a huge grey crater lost amid the tropical forests near Domchanch. In...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand, India: Miners work in the scenic mine of Doda Cola, a huge grey crater lost amid the tropical forests near Domchanch. In Koderma...

Outskirts of Domchanch, Jharkhand , India: Mukesh Singh (left), 35-year-old, works in an underground forest mine near the village of Domchanch. With a...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand, India: Several women work in the scenic mine of Doda Cola, a huge grey crater lost amid the tropical forests near Domchanch. In...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand, India: Miners work in the scenic mine of Doda Cola, a huge grey crater lost amid the tropical forests near Domchanch. In Koderm...

Outskirts of Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: Illegal miners separate mica from scrap. Used in a myriad such as electronics, car paints and radars, mica i...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand, India: Ten-year-old Fulmati Kumari works in the scenic mine of Doda Cola, a huge grey crater lost amid the tropical forests nea...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand, India: A miner carries a basket full of mica under the tree where piles of bags filled with mica are ready to be loaded on the t...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: Sudesh Modi (right), 29, and Vivek Modi, 30 are two mica dealers living and working in the city of Domchanch. After buyin...

Jharkhand, India: Miner's feet. Before being sent to Kolkata mica will be sent to Jhumri Tilaiya's factories, 30 km away from the village in order to...

Outskirts of Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: A female miner stands on the edge of the mine facing the forest.

Outskirts of Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: Mukesh Singh, 35-year-old, works in an underground forest mine near the village of Domchanch. With a daily w...

Doda Cola, Jharkhand , India: Miners work in the scenic mine of Doda Cola, a huge grey crater lost amid the tropical forests near Domchanch. In Koderm...

Outskirts of Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: Mukesh Singh's hands covered with mica powder. Mukesh Singh, 35-year-old, works in an underground forest mi...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Nikita Kumari, 13, is a 9th-standard-student at the Dhab Upgraded High School. The daughter of a coffee-shop-owner, she comes...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Sarita Devi's house. "That day I went to mine at 9, together with my parents. When I started digging, the walls were so soft...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: "That day I went to mine at 9, together with my parents. When I started digging, the walls were so soft that they collapsed u...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: A little boy walks in the street where most of the small mica factories are located. Before being sent to Kolkata, mica p...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: Villagers working in a mica factory. Before being sent to Kolkata, mica powder is separated from the rest as well and dif...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: A villager breaks a piece of mica to separate different qualities of mica. Before being sent to Kolkata, mica powder is s...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: An young man working in a mica factory. Before being sent to Kolkata, mica powder is separated from the rest as well and...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: Villagers waiting to weight mica bags in a mica factory. Before being sent to Kolkata, mica powder is separated from the...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: A miner working in the only legal mine in the State of Jharkhand. According to the Indian Bureau of Mines, in 2012-13 the lega...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Sunita Kumari, 27, has taught at the Dhab Upgraded High School for the past 11 years, trying to give local kids a chance to bu...

Dahb, Jharkhand, India: Pupils at the Dhab Upgraded High School.

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Pupils at the Dhab Upgraded High School.

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Sunita Kumari, 27, has taught at the Dhab Upgraded High School for the past 11 years, trying to give local kids a chance to b...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: Sunita Kumari, 27, has taught at the Dhab Upgraded High School for the past 11 years, trying to give local kids a chance to b...

Domchanch, Jharkhand, India: An old man working in a mica factory. Before being sent to Kolkata, mica powder is separated from the rest as well and di...

Jharkhand, India: Villagers collect water and wash their clothes at the village well.

Dhab, Jharkhand , India: Villagers separating illegal mica from powder and weighting it before sending it to Jhumri Tilaiya, 30-km-away. Once in the...

Dhab, Jharkhand, India: A villager standing on top of bags filled with illegal mica. In Dhab, a rural village of 2,000 people in the poor Indian stat...

Karari, Jharkhand, India: A truck full of mica leaves the village of Karari. Agents collect mica one a week from the villagers and bring it illegally...

Kurari, Jharkhand, India: Villagers wash their clothes in the river.