In India, a balwadi is a low-cost community preschool — think of it as a neighbourhood nursery run on a shoestring where kids get their first taste of learning before formal school kicks in. Often government-funded or NGO-run, balwadis serve children aged three to six in rural and urban working-class communities. The word carries warmth: it's where millions of Indian kids learned to count, sing, and colour before anything else.
She dropped her son at the balwadi every morning before heading to work at the textile unit.
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(Indian) A low cost Indian pre-school.
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