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1. What is bonded labor and how does it relate to children in some countries?

Bonded labor is a system in which a person works for a specified period to pay off a debt. Bonded child labor is considered indispensable in some countries. When families are in debt, they bond children as young as four or five to work for masters who control their lives until the debt is paid.

2. What are days like for the children who work for Hussain Khan?

The children begin their day half an hour before dawn when the master's wife brings them bread and soup for breakfast. Then one by one, they use the Turkish toilet. Some of the children are chained to their looms. Work begins at sunrise, tying knots and creating patterned carpets. They have an hour for a scant lunch. Then they work through the heat of the afternoon and into the evening.

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