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Welcome to Living India on the BBC World Service.

I'm Rupajha and I'm back in my home state of Bihar.

I'm continuing my journey to give you a taste of what it means to live in India today.

Viewed through the eyes of four local residents we've been following for a year.

They come from a variety of backgrounds, poor and better off, urban and rural,

lower and upper caste.

And for me, their daily lives and challenges provide a window on some of the many reasons

why India still punches well below its weight on the world stage.

There's Sunil, a student from a very poor low caste background.

He's been studying hard to pass his exams,

get into a prestigious college of higher education,

and find a way out of poverty for his entire family.

I'm desperately waiting for the results of my exams.

I have done so much hard work.

My happiness and everything else depends on it.

If I do well, it will be a life changing moment for me.

If I don't, I'll be out on the street.

There are two young doctors, Atul and Jeshi,

who have been feeling the heat of the ambition to build a new clinic.

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