Free to fly
Amar Lal remembers the day clearly though nearly 13 years
have passed. After all, that was when his life changed, when he was rescued
from a life that seemed doomed to bonded labour along with his three brothers,
two sisters, and parents. But he still closes his eyes from time to time to
relive the nightly visits to his makeshift camp from the worksite.
On that day in 2001, six-year-old Amar was working at a
telephone line project near Virat Nagar in Haryana. He w