Musahars - Different Truths

May 11, 2016
Arindam Roy
Dissent, Profile, Subaltern & Dalits

Lenin, my Friend: Empowering the Marginal, Restoring Dignity

Arindam profiles the life and times of the human rights activist, Lenin Raghuvanshi, who has been working tirelessly to empower and emancipate the lowest of the low among Dalits, the Musahars...

May 5, 2016
Shirin Shabana Khan
Subaltern & Dalits

Varanasi Musahars Break the Shackles of Slavery, Emancipate Community

Elimination of the culture of silence, fear and phobia of organised violence and torture are the predominant factors of resilience to inculcate social transformation. It contributes in poverty elimination. The stories...

May 5, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Subaltern & Dalits

Bonded Labourers of Sarai walk tall, Wait for Emancipation

Nirmal documents the life in Sarai Village, in Varanasi district, which is now free of bonded labourers, due to the pro-active measures of PVCHR. During his recent visit, he found that...

May 1, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Cover Story, Dissent, Subaltern & Dalits

Towards Dawn: Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Brick Kilns

Lenin takes us through the sordid and macabre accounts of contemporary slavery in brick kilns, based on actual accounts of the hapless victims. Driven by hunger and starvation, many children die...

Lenin, my Friend: Empowering the Marginal, Restoring Dignity

Varanasi Musahars Break the Shackles of Slavery, Emancipate Community

Bonded Labourers of Sarai walk tall, Wait for Emancipation

Towards Dawn: Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Brick Kilns

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