For two 16-year-olds, most of their day is spent helping their fathers with their work so that their families can make ends meet. And, while any other teenager would use the few hours he would get for himself to do something fun, Pallavi Sonavane and Pavan Nirmal spent that time studying to prepare for their board exams.

Unique challenges: Pallavi Sonavane had to borrow books from her friends and teachers since her family couldn’t afford to pay for them. Right Pavan Nirmal’s parents had told him that he wouldn’t get to appear for the exams a second time if he failed this year