The bitter taste of sugar

It’s a misty winter night and the cool breeze ruffles a row of tarpaulin tents perched a few metres away from sugarcane fields. A lean 21-year-old Santosh More sits outside one of the tents, applying henna on his palms. He doesn’t make intricate designs, painting his palms entirely with henna instead. “I apply mehndi twice a week during the night, as medicines are too expensive to smoothen my rough hands,” says More matter-of-factly.

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