Word: ahmednagar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...refugees is Narayan Mahadev Thanage, 30, who lives with his wife and daughter in one of the jhuggis adjacent to the new Bombay slaughterhouse. He was forced to leave his five-acre farm in Ahmednagar District 125 miles from Bombay, one of the areas worst affected by the drought. In a good year, he cleared 3,000 rupees ($410) over and above the cost of supporting his family. "In my village there aren't enough people left to make a good funeral," he says. "Maybe there are 100, and they are mostly old. The schools and factories are closed...