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Unseen: The Truth About India's Manual Scavengers

Unseen: The Truth About India's Manual Scavengers

  • Author: Bhasha Singh, Reenu Talwar
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780143420385
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In many parts of the country, the inhuman practice of manual scavenging continues to thrive in spite of a law banning it. Moreover, the people forced to carry out this degrading work remain invisible to the rest of us, pushed to the margins of society without any recourse to help or hope. Now, for the first time, award-winning journalist Bhasha Singh turns the spotlight on this ignored community. In Unseen, based on over a decade of research, she unveils the horrific plight of manual scavengers across eleven states in the country while also recording their ongoing struggle for self-empowerment. Previously published in Hindi to both critical and commercial success, this is an explosive work of reportage on a burning issue.


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Bhasha Singh / caste / economics / hindi / indian / nonfiction / Reenu Talwar / translation /