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Pramod Acharya

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Pramod Acharya is a freelance contributor to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

November 15, 2022

Ali Aksar is rooting for Argentina to win the upcoming football World Cup in Qatar - a tournament he will be watching on a big community screen set up near his home in southern India.

After a stint driving hundreds of workers back and forth from stadium construction sites in Qatar's capital Doha, Aksar returned home empty handed.

No souvenirs, no gifts, and most crucially - no savings.