SONA PUJARI: STREET BANKER: The continuation of producer Julian Crandall Hollick's "Apna Street" series about the pavement dwellers in Bombay. The series focuses on a group called "Mahila Milan" (MILE-uh mil-lun), or "Women Together", who have joined forces to give Bombay's poor some political and social muscle. One of the ways they accomplish this is by insisting that people save money. In this installment, Julian follows Sona Pujari (SOHN-yuh poo-JAHR-ree) as she makes the rounds, "forcing" people to contribute to their own savings accounts.
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