Job: Bottle collector.
Earns: $1-$2 per day.
Comes from: A village near Puri.
Likes: Dancing like his idol, Salman Khan.

“I collect empty plastic bottles. Usually I travel with a group of friends and we help each other. I’ve travelled all over India, to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai… everywhere. The trains are my workplace. When the trains come in to the station I have to work. Sometimes I only stay on the train for a bit, sometimes for several hundred kilometres. In between I go to school on the platform.
   I grew up in a small village. My dad is a day labourer in the fields and my mum gathers wood and sells it. I had to work in the fields too when I was little, but I didn’t like it. I ran away and made it to the train station. The only thing I’m scared of is the police. They beat us, so we run away whenever we see them.
   I save as much money as I can. So far I have saved $10. When I’m older, around 17, I’ll go back home and give the money to my father.'