Manual Scavenging

In this episode of Lets Talk Policy, Kanthi Swaroop joins us to reflect upon the structural challenges that a manual scavenger faces in India.  

We discuss the factors responsible for the continuing practice of manual scavenging in our country, popular issues or characterisation of a manual scavenger, and critically analyze the key interventions that the government introduced to address the problems of manual scavengers.

Kanthi provides insights into the historical backdrop of how caste is associated with manual scavengers and also highlights their genuine demands.

Here is the list of readings mentioned in the podcast:

1. Unseen: The truth about India's Manual scavengers

https://amzn.to/2ZJTnbF

2. India Stinking: Manual Scavengers of Andhra Pradesh and their work

https://amzn.to/2B6ab2c

3. Cleaning Human Waste: Manual Scavenging and Discrimination in India

https://bit.ly/2ZY4Y7h

4. Scavenging Profession: Between Caste and Class?

https://bit.ly/2zF7og8

5. Muzzled by Sympathy

https://bit.ly/2XBHKAQ

6. The Pariah People: An Ethnography of the Urban Sweepers in Bangladesh 

https://amzn.to/2XDpKWX

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