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The Revolutionary Optimists

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The Revolutionary Optimists

Season 14 Episode 17 | 55m 26s | CC

Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the 'Daredevils' have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city's poorest slums - awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of change.

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