The power of a meal

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Free mid-day meals have encouraged millions of children in India to stay in school and complete their education. Before the lunches were introduced 20 years ago, many children had to sacrifice their studies and go to work to help feed their families. One man, Diwakar, tells Emily Thomas how these meals, cooked and delivered by the charity Akshaya Patra, changed his life. (Picture: A boy eating a mid-day meal at a school in India. Credit: Getty Images)