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We will soon have to go hungry

Kamal Khan, 38, Carpenter, Secunderabad

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We will soon have to go hungry
Photo by: A Shiva

Kamal Khan realised early that his family legacy of folk music will not be a paying proposition and decided to learn carpentry. He used to earn Rs 500 a day and lived in a two-room house in Anjaiah Nagar with his wife, three school-going sons, school-going nephew and niece, and a jobless younger brother.