Thuthiya a shining example of a change-maker
Thuthiya stitching face masks at her home in Gangadhara Nellore mandal in Chittoor district. Once a bonder labourer, she now leads an association of survivors that reaches out to people in need Thuthiya and her husband Kuppaiah Raghu knew they would regret their decision. But the couple had no option. Raghu’s mother was sick, and he needed money to pay the hospital bills. So the couple borrowed ₹30,000 from the owner of a brick kiln in Chittoor district and walked into a “debt bondage” at the kiln. This was in 2006. Hard times Life as bonded labourers was difficult. “A day of ...
Source: thehindu.com