One inescapable fact in the life of millions of Indian children is poverty. Here a mother and child fetch water from a road side stream to wash a variety of textiles used in their makeshift tent during monsoon. The woman uses the concrete sidewalk as a scrubbing board while the two pails serve as a soap basin and rinse water. Regardless of their station in life, these women persevere the hardships they are born into. The mother's pride is evident in the cleanliness of her child and his clothes.