Cotton Packer and Son in Telangana, India (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Cotton Packer and Son in Telangana, India

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A cotton packer and her son rest between shifts compressing cotton into 200 kilogram bales at a cotton gin on the outskirts of Warangal, Telangana. Many former farmers are migrating to cities where they can make higher wages and find new opportunities, but the city also has higher costs of living and fewer ties to family and friends.

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