Slave Labour
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India is likely to miss its target of ending bonded labour by a wide margin
In 2016, the government set a goal to release 18.4 million bonded labourers but has so far has managed to free only over 32,000.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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In Tamil Nadu, 14 bonded labourers abandoned amid lockdown get a ‘very rare’ payout
The employers left the workers with no money near a petrol station in Madurai.
Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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India is home to the world’s largest slave population (Yes, slavery still exists)
In the past, the desire for sugar drove the growth in slavery. Today, the global consumption of electronic goods is the primary culprit.
Catherine Armstrong, The Conversation
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‘Lathis, threats and gunshots’: How BJP wrested a narrow victory in UP
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A decade of ‘gaslighting’ in Modi’s India
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Why the sanction to prosecute Arundhati Roy under UAPA is legally suspect
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YouTuber Ajeet Bharti booked in Bengaluru for comments about Rahul Gandhi, Ram temple
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Reading list: Science fiction writer Gautam Bhatia recommends 15 books to sample the genre
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Calcutta’s dark past: The city was a thriving market for slaves in mid-18th century
The Bay of Bengal was once a hotbed for pirates plundering ships for slaves.
Tathagata Neogi
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Sold for Rs 500 and raised as a maid, 17-year-old Baidak is back home in Assam – and on a mission
Across the tea plantations of the North Eastern state, where poverty is deeply entrenched, hundreds of thousands of children have gone missing.
Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Watch: Half of India is susceptible to modern slavery and it’s time we did something about it
More than 18 million people are living in slavery in the country.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Scenes after goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express in West Bengal
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Watch: This portrait of singer Taylor Swift was made using 10,000 tiny hand-sculpted cats
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‘You can laugh at God...that’s not blasphemy,’ says Pope Francis as he meets over 100 comedy artists
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Eco India: How conservation efforts are making the fires of the sacred Arunachala Hills go away
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Eco India, Episode 264: Are phenomenons like forest fires natural or man made?