“We’ve been through some hard times
Sometimes just barely getting by
But heaven knows how we’ve tried
To keep our hope alive

We want freedom
Freedom to go out and chase our dreams
All we need is our freedom
We don’t wanna live under tyranny
We just wanna be free

The River Gomti is a tributary of the Ganga and flows down from the hills into the plains, nurturing several cities along its banks. Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, is one such city and while environmentalists battle with governments to cleanse the waters of industrial waste, children have no such worries. For them the river is true freedom, from heat and the concerns that crowd their homes. The moments of sheer abandon and exhilaration are captured by SAURABH SHARMA in the photographs below:








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