Kirti's Future

Kirti Lives With Her Family In West Bengal, IndiaThey Are Sharecropper Farmers Who Grow Crops And Have To Share Their Produce And Income With The LandownerIt Is AHard LifeKirti Is The Oldest Child At Eleven Years Old And Works The Fields With Her FamilyShe Has Had Only ALittle Schooling Because It Is Not Necessary In Their Culture For Growing FoodKirti Has Begun To Think About Her Future And Does Not Want To Be AFarmer?s Wife Like Her MomShe Has Had AGlimpse Of The City And Believes It Is Possible For ADifferent Life Away From FarmingKirti Sits On ARock Away From Her House And Talks To Her Goat And To Whatever God May Be Out There To Hear Her As She Asks For Help To Change Her LifeWould Her Father Even Let Her Go?
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