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India's dirty secret

  • The frequent deaths of India’s sewer workers isn’t a governance failure – they are rooted in caste

    The frequent deaths of India’s sewer workers isn’t a governance failure – they are rooted in caste

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Nov 17, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • A Dalit man agreed to clean a sewer hoping for a permanent job – and was killed by toxic fumes

    A Dalit man agreed to clean a sewer hoping for a permanent job – and was killed by toxic fumes

    Harsh Mander Vidit Verma Sonal Sharma
    · Oct 27, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • Why a woman in Udaipur refused to strike a compromise after her husband died cleaning a septic tank

    Why a woman in Udaipur refused to strike a compromise after her husband died cleaning a septic tank

    Harsh Mander Vidit Verma Sonal Sharma
    · Oct 11, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • As three Dalits lay dying from toxic fumes in an Agra sewer, no one would even give them water

    As three Dalits lay dying from toxic fumes in an Agra sewer, no one would even give them water

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Sep 27, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • A woman in MP recounts the trauma of watching her husband die in a tank full of faeces

    A woman in MP recounts the trauma of watching her husband die in a tank full of faeces

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Sep 13, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • A decade after her husband died cleaning a septic tank, a woman in MP struggles to keep going

    A decade after her husband died cleaning a septic tank, a woman in MP struggles to keep going

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Aug 23, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • In Agra, fear of eviction stalls the fight for justice for a man who died after cleaning septic tank

    In Agra, fear of eviction stalls the fight for justice for a man who died after cleaning septic tank

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Aug 13, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • ‘No one came to help’: How a father and  teenaged son in Madhya Pradesh died cleaning a septic tank

    ‘No one came to help’: How a father and teenaged son in Madhya Pradesh died cleaning a septic tank

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Jul 26, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • Govind decided to clean a septic tank to earn extra money for Holi. He drowned in shit

    Govind decided to clean a septic tank to earn extra money for Holi. He drowned in shit

    Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
    · Jul 19, 2019 · 12:30 pm