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Language helps you make sense of the world.
But for millions of children in India’s villages and towns who can’t read the above sentence, it can be a massive obstacle. And, for the few who are able to, it takes them a while to process the beauty of it, to appreciate its simple, yet deep meaning.
Take, for instance, Ataipur Jadid, a village in Kaimganj tehsil of Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district, about 220km northwest of capital Lucknow. The literacy rate is an abysmal 52%. Public schools are dysfunctional and the nearest English medium school is about 90 minutes by road. …
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