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(squatters, structures, periphery, barefoot, drainage, wilderness, acquaintance, metaphorically)
My _____________________with the _____________________ rag-pickers leads me to Seemapuri, a place on the _____________________ of Delhi yet miles away from it, _____________________ Those who live here are _____________________ who came from Bangladesh back in 1971. Saheb’s family is among them. Seemapuri was then a _____________________ It still is, but it is no longer empty. In _____________________ of mud, with roofs of tin and tarpaulin, devoid of sewage, 8 or running water, live 10,000 rag pickers.

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Answer

1. acquaintance
2. barefoot
3. periphery
4. metaphorically
5. squatters
6. wilderness
7. structures
8. drainage

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