rediff.com: Hope & Succour: Gujarat, a month after the earthquake

April 5, 2001

Clinton is walking down one of the most tragic streets in the state. A little over two months ago, 400 school children, were marching proudly through this winding lane of Anjaar, for a Republic Day prabhat pheri. When the earth shook and buildings collapsed on them, 166 children perished. Two of the young students, who survived, Nandish Kodrani and Meetal Thakkra, guide Clinton through, accompanied by some of the teachers from that fateful parade.

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