No Dignity, No Rights but Filth Forever: Manual Scavengers in Photographs

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AuthorNaomi Barton
AuthorPhotographer-Sudhakar Olwe
Area16 locations across 4 states
Date Accessioned2024-11-26T09:02:54Z
Date Available2024-11-26T09:02:54Z
Date of Publication2019
DescriptionPhoto Essay. Available at: https://thewire.in/caste/manual-scavenging-sudharak-olwe-photographs
AbstractThis Photo essay documents the state of manual scavengers at 16 locations across the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh with a specific focus on women. It shows the deplorable condition of women and families trapped in the stranglehold and vicious cycle of caste based occupation of manual scavenging. Besides, it depicts systemic disempowerment and how we have become insensate to modern day slavery of manual scavenging.
Identifier URIhttps://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/905
ProvenanceRural
ProvenanceBihar
ProvenanceJharkhand
ProvenanceMadhya Pradesh
ProvenanceUttar Pradesh
ProvenanceIndia
KeywordManual Scavengers
CitationBarton, N. (2019). No Dignity, No Rights, But Filth Forever: Manual Scavengers in Photographs.
TitleNo Dignity, No Rights but Filth Forever: Manual Scavengers in Photographs
Item TypeCase Study
CoverageManual Scavengers
CoverageCaste based atrocities
CoverageCaste based Occupation
CoverageSystemic Disempowerment
Course TagHealth as Social Phenomena
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