Indu’s tuition classes aren't just low-tech, they're decidedly no-tech. The children bring their textbooks, their pencils, and the nubs of worn out erasers, and sit cross-legged on the floor. We gamely fold our legs under us and sit through many tuition classes to assist the children with their basic English homework. The kids take their homework seriously, so we’re often the bearer of bad news when we point out a misspelled english word, or, when something is true, not false

Aagya and Shivani on their way to school in a rickshaw. We pay school fees for both girls. In less than a week the children will be able to put down away backpacks laden with tattered text books, the ends of well used pencils, and small bits of worn out erasers. Their uniforms will be washed and hung on a nail, or stuffed in a plastic bag, ready to be put on again in June when they return to classes. At this point in the school year, which runs six days a week, from June to A