From a Calcutta brothel to a New York university

Feb 17, 2010 English 1st Paragraph

From a Calcutta brothel to a New York universityBorn into a brothel in the Indian city of Calcutta, Avijit Halder’s life has undergone a dramatic transformation. The 20-year-old is currently pursuing a degree at one of the top film schools in the US…

Read this on the BBC.

  • A brothel is a house where men pay to have sex with prostitutes.
  • Pursue means to continue doing an activity or trying to achieve something over a long period of time. In this text, he is studying at university to get a degree.

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