Quanto custa uma empregada na Índia?

Jasmina has been a member of India's child labor force for more than a year now. After her father died, her mother sent her and her sister from their West Bengal village to work as maids here. Each month, she is paid 100 rupees, or $2.25.

É, no entanto, frustrante observar que este tipo de artigos acaba, quase sempre, no mesmo tom: "...she said she dreams of another life. "I'd like to be at school," she (Jasmina) said with a crooked smile, swinging her spindly legs. "I want to be a teacher."

Menoriza e desvaloriza todo o restante artigo e empacota a sua mensagem principal de uma forma tão sentimental, clássica e típica que quase elimina qualquer impacto prévio porventura alcançado no leitor.