Not one piece of furniture leaves my workshop that I would be ashamed of.

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In one such room, where the only piece of furniture is a low workbench, 10-year-old Akbar sits on the floor and mixes two powders into a doughy adhesive, his fingers blackened by the chemicals.

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Was it not possible that one day he might lie on that same piece of furniture, and die there?

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