Manual Scavenging: Banned in India, Yet Workers Continue to Suffocate and Die
The UN calls manual scavenging “modern-day slavery”, yet over 377 sewer and septic cleaning deaths were recorded in India between 2019 and 2023....
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When Dignity is Dragged by Hand
Supreme Court’s Matheran ban reflects South Asia’s lingering struggle with colonial legacies....