Photos and drawings from Small Change: Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry

Thirteen-year-old boy's drawing of himself, sitting on a stool, working at a machine that twists silk strands into thread. The circles to his left are unprocessed cocoons. At the lower right corner are four basins of boiling water, cooking cocoons. Protruding from the basin is a stick or spoon that the child cocoon cook uses to stir. To the left of the basins is firewood that is used to heat the water.

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