"I always walk to school with my friend Rojni."

"Today was the first day of school, real school in the classroom. I am very excited about going back to school. We did not go there for a long time because of the coronavirus. Our teacher is nice; he also came to our house when we could not go to school. He came every day and we would sit outside, and he would teach us some things. Sometimes Hindi, sometimes English, sometimes Geography. I like Geography. Now school is always from 9 to 2 pm. After school, I go home and eat what my mother has prepared for me. My favourite food is chicken. My parents come home only later because they have to work. Sometimes they work in other people’s fields.

We also have a field, so sometimes my parents work there. We grow cotton and soybeans. We also have cows. I take care of the cows and take them for grazing when I come home after school. Then I do homework. I have one brother and one sister. They are older than me so they already go to another school. It is a bit farther away than my school. I can walk to my school. It is very short, and I always go with my friend. Her house is next to my house. Her name is Rojni."

Anita Chouhan is 7 years old. She attends an animation schools of bioRe India Association.

More portraits and link

• fibl.org: Faces of Organic Cotton
• biore-stiftung.ch: Project for the right to education