India's Diamonds Lose Their Lustre
Kishore Hali, 22, a diamond polisher at an industrial unit in Saurashtra, in India's western state of Gujarat, was the sole breadwinner of his eight-member family. When his unit shut its doors last month, the youth struggled with a $400-debt before jumping into a well to kill himself.
Nor is Hali alone. At least 70 diamond industry workers in Gujarat hav…
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