Tag: Exploitation

Ambedkar Statue Put Behind Bars

 
/ May 26, 2011

Dalits feel insulted after an Ambedkar statue had to be protected with grills in Chennai.

Unemployment Forces Youth Into Gutters

 
/ May 20, 2011

The caste of those doing manual scavenging has changed, but the exploitation remains.

Plastic Industry, Toxic Concerns

 
/ May 4, 2011

Malegaon’s booming illegal plastic industry causes illness and injury amongst its workers.

Dalits Raise Voice Against Land Usurpers

 
/ April 26, 2011

In Kanchiwaram, Tamil Nadu, Dalits are fighting to get land that had been donated to them.

Exploiting The Poor In The Name Of Festivity

 
/ April 11, 2011

During Kumbh Mela festival, cleaners are hired with total disrespect for labour laws.

Rickshaw-Pullers In A Fix

 
/ April 4, 2011

Bengal government wants to ban hand-pulled rickshaws but has not offered the drivers alternative employment.

Exploitation Of Beedi Workers

 
/ March 29, 2011

Beedi workers in Ghurpur, UP, earn less than the minimum wage and have no access to schemes set up for them.

Prostitution Enforced By Tradition

 
/ September 30, 2010

Generations of women are forced into prostitution by their male relatives in the name of tradition in rural Uttar Pradesh, India