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  • A young boy is walking on the hilltop surrounding the tannery area of Jajmau,<br />
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, located on the most polluted stretch of the mighty Ganges River.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_01.JPG
  • A group of slum dwellers on the hills surrounding the tannery area of Jajmau are busy collecting fresh water being provided to the colony daily by the government in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The inhabitants are complaining that too little water is provided for the large population of the area, while in case of power cuts, a very common event in Kanpur, the pumping station can shut down completely for days at the time. Rows and arguments over water collection here are an unfortunate daily reality.
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  • A young girl from Joana, pop. 1800, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is standing in front of her house. The inhabitants of the village are affected by the wastewater originated from the nearby Jajmau Industrial Area, the largest leather producing hub in India, discharging directly into the holy Ganges River.
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  • A young woman is covering her eyes during a sandstorm, in the heavily polluted city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the largest leather production hub in India.
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  • A worker in one of the tannery units within the industrial area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is pulling a large piece of leather from a chromium bath, where the skin has had hair and impurities removed in a process called liming, to be dried outside the factory.
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  • An elder and a young boy are using their bare hands to collect skins from a bath of contaminated water during the process of liming, removing hair and impurities with the use of various agents, in an illegal tannery unit located within the industrial area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_12.JPG
  • A young boy is removing contaminated water from a bath after the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_10.JPG
  • A young boy is collecting skins from a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_08.JPG
  • Agricultural labourers are collecting water devoted to irrigation from pools forming on the side of the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, near Jajmao Industrial Area. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair while crops absorb the contaminants from the water and pass it on to those consuming the vegetables grown in this area.
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  • The polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is seen at dawn from its banks, bordering the large tannery area of Jajmao. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_33.JPG
  • A large drain is pouring municipal and industrial waste into the Ganges River near Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Many drains are scattered around the area and discharge contaminated wastewater into the nearby river tainting underground reservoirs and endangering the fresh water supply of local people.
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  • Labourers are collecting and dividing the thin black dust obtained by boiling leather scraps in one of the many dumping and burning grounds near the tannery area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. This dust is the first process to fertilisers and chicken food.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_28.JPG
  • Workers in one of the larger tanneries within the Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, are stockpiling pieces of leather while trimming impurities and scraps before proceeding to colouring and finishing.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_16.JPG
  • Workers in one of the large tanneries located in Jajmau area of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, are processing leather in chromium baths, or liming, while complying to little, if any, health and safety regulations.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_14.JPG
  • A child labourer in one of the illegal tannery units inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is holding to the side of a pool while stepping on buffalo's skins inside a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents. Children are mostly employed on scraps, or little parts, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_05.JPG
  • A man is bathing in the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, at dawn. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair.
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  • Six boys are sitting on the banks of the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, near the tannery area of Jajmau. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_46.JPG
  • Koren, 5, is one of three children presenting a similar neurological disorder and living on the same road in Joana village, pop. 1800, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He is portrayed while in the arms of his father. The village is located onto a series of drains joining the Ganges River nearby and the community is entirely.reliant on the poisonous groundwater. Koren has serious cognitive limitations while his body's right side is affected by a semi-paralysis and muscular defection. His family cannot afford even a rudimental medication.
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  • A child with a neurological disorder (2nd from left) is portrayed with his underprivileged family inside their rudimental home in Joana, pop. 1800, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, a poor agricultural village affected by the tanneries' untreated water discharge in the Ganges River.
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  • Workers at one of the illegal dumping and burning grounds on the outskirts of Jajmau, near the Ganges River, are portrayed while taking a break on a pile of scrap leather destined to be boiled and reduced to a thin dust: the first process to fertilisers and chicken food, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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  • Young workers are feeding a series of large boilers in an illegal dumping and burning ground located on the banks of the holy Ganges River near the tannery area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The scrap leather is destined to be boiled and reduced to a thin dust: the raw material for fertilisers and chicken food production.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_29.JPG
  • Two labourers having a meal of boiled potatoes before beginning their daily work in one of the illegal dumping and burning grounds surrounding the area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. After being bathed in chromium and other chemicals to remove hair and impurities in a process called liming, the skins are examined by hand and the useless parts are cut and sent to one of these fields where they are boiled and reduced to a thin black dust. The resulting dark powder will then be used as a fertiliser or for the first stage of poultry food production.
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  • Two boys are feeding a large boiler in an illegal dumping and burning ground located on the banks of the Holy Ganges River near the tannery area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The scrap leather is destined to be boiled and reduced to a thin dust: the raw material for fertilisers and chicken food production.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_25.JPG
  • A man is moving a heavy load of half-processed leather on arrival from a different unit, to a new plant for further processing in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Knowing whether children were employed in the process is the real challenge when outsourcing leather in Kanpur.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_24.JPG
  • A child is sewing parts of what will be leather articles, inside a medium-size manufacturing unit in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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  • The owner of a small tannery in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is showing the leather just painted in their unit. Arrived from somewhere else, painted by the two children I have witnessed working here, it will depart to reach other hands, and later become an item for sale. In Jajmau this is a daily reality and an intervention is needed to curb the practice.
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  • Two men are moving a heavy load of half-processed leather using a severed horse pulling a wooden cart to a new plant for further processing in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Knowing whether children were employed in the process is the real challenge when outsourcing leather in Kanpur.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_21.JPG
  • Three young men are working in a dark, dusty room where they smooth and cut leather in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Labourers use almost no protection against the cancerogenic particles generated by this industrial process.
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  • Workers inside the warehouse of a large tannery in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, are counting, stockpiling and measuring pieces of dry leather while cutting out some impurities and scraps. They will then proceed with smoothing, colouring and finishing.
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  • A labourer is moving a heavy load of half-processed leather destined to reach a new unit to complete another step of the production chain. In Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanupu, Uttar Pradesh, the leather passes hand in hand many times before being ready for the final product manufacturing stage. This 'outsourcing effect' creates a considerable risk for local underprivileged children to become involved in hazardous activities and subjected to lifelong exploitation.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_15.JPG
  • A young man in an illegal tannery inside Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is taking a break from the dark, dusty room where he works smoothing and cutting leather. Labourers use almost no protection against the cancerogenic particles generated by this industrial process. Many are oblivious to health and safety regulations, their rights as employees or the impact of a prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals and particles.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_13.JPG
  • A boy is taking a break while working inside a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_11.JPG
  • A boy is removing contaminated water from a bath after the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_09.JPG
  • Two children are using their feet to find the remaining skins in a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_06.JPG
  • Two young boys are collecting skins from a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_04.JPG
  • A labourer is moving a heavy load of half-processed leather destined to reach a new unit to complete another step of the production chain in Kanpu, Uttar Pradesh. In Jajmau Industrial Area the leather passes hand in hand many times before being ready for manufacturing stage. This 'outsourcing effect' creates a considerable risk for local underprivileged children to become involved in hazardous activities and subjected to exploitation.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_03.JPG
  • A section of the slum growing along Jajmau Industrial Area in a maze of houses and tannery units is seen from the surrounding hilltop. A local boy is flying his kite, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_02.JPG
  • Shukaran Nishad, 10, is one of three children presenting a similar neurological disorder and living on the same road in Joana village, pop. 1800, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He is portrayed while sitting in front of his father's little local shop. The village is located onto a series of drains joining the Ganges River nearby and the community is entirely reliant on the poisonous groundwater. Shukaran has serious cognitive and motorial limitations. His family cannot afford even a rudimental medication.
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  • A small section of the slum located on the banks of the Ganges river within the tannery area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is seen from a hilltop surrounding the area.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_39.JPG
  • A group of slum dwellers on the hills surrounding the tannery area of Jajmau are busy collecting fresh water being provided to the colony daily by the government from 4 am to 7 am and again from 5 pm to 6 pm in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The inhabitants are complaining that too little water is provided for the large population of the area.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_37.JPG
  • A degraded and abandoned ghat (riverbank) on the most polluted stretch of the Ganges River is seen near the tannery area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Due to the extreme conditions of the river many of the once colourful and busty riverbanks of the Ganges have been deserted by many locals.
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  • A young boy is using his bare hands to collect leather scraps a few meters away from the banks of the Holy Ganges River, in one of the illegal dumping and burning grounds surrounding the area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The scrap leather is destined to be boiled and reduced to a thin dust: the raw material for fertilisers and chicken food production.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_30.JPG
  • Young men are drying fresh painted leather under the Sun in front of the tannery where they work in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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  • Children are playing on the banks of a large drain flowing on the side of Joana, pop. 1800, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, a poor agricultural village affected by the untreated water discharged regularly in the Ganges River from the large industrial area located nearby.
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  • Two children are walking near the banks of the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, near Jajmao Industrial Area. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_34.JPG
  • A child is using his bare hands to collect leather scraps a few meters away from the banks of the Holy Ganges River, (visible in the background) in one of the illegal dumping and burning grounds surrounding the area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The scrap leather is destined to be boiled and reduced to a thin dust: the raw material for fertilisers and chicken food production.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_27.JPG
  • A child is collecting skins from a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_07.JPG
  • The unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, is located in close proximity to the Israel Electric Company, in BeerSheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel. Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • Rakesh, 25, from the village of Chandenamal, pop. 1500, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Krishni river, is sitting on a bed in front of his house, on Saturday, Apr. 29, 2008. Rakesh has been diagnosed a neurological disorder since one and a half years; it has left his legs and left hand almost paralysed while his cognitive skills have been severely affected. He can now walk only with the help of metal crutches and cannot carry on any sort of work or activity. Doctors believe his condition to be associated to the water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metals the family is drinking on an everyday basis.
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  • Boys are playing on a road of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Children residing in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, are in line to receive water and other goods from a governmental agency that provides essentials to the poorest residents once a week, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Arun Kashap, 8, is taking a bath in a pool of water used for building purposes in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • A young boy, walking the streets of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, stops to eat a candy near one of the contaminated water pools that regularly forms in the slum, on Monday, Mar. 17, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • A boy living in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is playing near one of the contaminated water pools that regularly forms in the slum, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal presence within underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink the polluted water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Rusty metal pipes have been abandoned inside the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Anuj, (right) 20, from the village of Bhanera Khemchand, pop. 2000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is photographed in his house while being washed by his mother, Leelaweta, 48, on Wednesday, Mar. 26th, 2008. Anuj developed a neurological disorder at the age of five and doctors believe it to be associated to water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metal the family is drinking on a everyday basis. Their hand-pump, at the shallow depth of 70ft, provides water they lament is regularly causing them allergies and stomach pain. Their house is located extremely near the Krishni river, joined by a large industrial drain a few hundred meters upstream that has been flowing unabated for more than 25 years. Only Leelaweta remembers how they used to bath and wash clothes into the clear waters of what was once considered the life-stream of the village.
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • (name changed) Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, is standing inside her family’s home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, a group of boys with a stick are trying to force a stray cat to move away from the rugged metal root of a stall selling bread and sweets in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Tabasum Khatun, 14, is washing a metal pot in the courtyard of her home in Algunda village, pop. 1000, Giridih District, rural Jharkhand, India.
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  • (name changed) Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, is preparing some rice for cooking while sitting inside her family’s home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • (name changed) Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, (right) is standing inside her family’s home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India, while her older sister Sanju, 29, (left) is cooking. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • (name changed) Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, is standing among some clothes inside her family’s home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • (name changed) Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, (second from right) is preparing some rice for cooking, while her older sister Sanju, 29, (right) is preparing a pot with water, inside their home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Sanju's children, Payel, 5, (second from left) and Prince Kumar, 3, (left) are sitting nearby. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • A boy is walking on the small bridge near Rajbhar village, under which Neelam Bharadwaj, 16,(name changed) has been hiding a whole night during her ordeal, while trying to escape from her attackers, around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • A young boy (right) and a man (left) and facing each other on a road inside Rajbhar village, where Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, (name changed) resides with her family, around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • Two young children are enjoying a moment together while their parents are walking around Rajbhar village, where Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, (name changed) resides with her family, around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • Prema, 60, the mother of Neelam, 16, is expressing suffering and struggles to Mangla Prasad, 34, the activist of PVCHR who helped the family after Neelam’s sexual abuse, in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • (name changed) Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, (right) is preparing some rice for cooking while sitting inside her family’s home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • The older sister of Neelam Bharadwaj, 16, (name changed) Sanju, 29, is carrying her youngest son, Prince Kumar, 3, while inside her family’s home in Rajbhar village, located around 20 kilometres away from Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. Neelam was raped when she was 13 years old. After walking to a local shop on the main road neighbouring her village, she was forcibly picked up by two men. While one of them was raping her in the bushes, the other watched out. After some time, she managed to free herself and run away, hiding under a bridge in cold dirty water for several hours. When she returned home in the morning, the family was too afraid to go to the police, but activist Mangla Parsad, 34, from PVCHR, convinced the family to take the right action. The police initially insulted and threatened the family for bringing the facts up, but filed the official case (FIR) nevertheless. The rape was not mentioned in the file due to an inaccurate and superficial medical record that did not, in fact, mention it. Because of social shame facing by victims of rape in India, the family agreed to wed Neelam to an older man, with help of an agent. After the marriage, her husband raped her again for a whole month before she decided to return home with her family. Neelam’s father works in the metal industry in Mumbai and manages to send around 2-3000 INR every month. He only visits the family once in a year. Neelam goes to school and she is studying in 11th Class Standard. She is interested in doing BA in Arts after completing her high school 12th final year.
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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  • Jewels and clothes embroidered with crystals are on show during the new Swarovski shop preview on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in London, England. The shop, featuring outstanding design by architect Tokujin Yoshioka, will officially open tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2008. For the first time, Swarovski is making its raw crystal elements available to buy on the high street, opening the doors to a new creative universe. This Crystallized Cosmos & Lounge store also offers the widest possible selection of additional creative elements including wood, semi-precious, metal and many other jewellery components. The in-store atelier provides two specially created services ? a design studio and personal stylist.  ** Italy Out**..
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