Slave labor shames India s claims of progressive development
Despite numerous labor-friendly laws passed since independence, slavery is rife in the caste-obsessed country
Updated: July 21, 2021 04:54 AM GMT
Migrant workers and families in Chennai wait to board a special train to Bihar state in May 2020 after India s government eased a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Many migrants are victims of unscrupulous employers. (Photo: AFP)
Maniram Sankar Atala was among thousands of people stranded on roads when India announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 in April 2020.
Atala’s employer in Tamil Nadu state left him at a petrol station and never returned. Without knowing the local Tamil language and with no money in hand, the tribal man from Maharashtra state slept in the open without food for several days.
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