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Tumkur, Karnataka

Aug 02, 2018

Pavagada’s social hierarchies of sorrow

Minimum protective gear, maximum risk, no holidays, no pay, and ever-lurking disease and death. That’s the fate of safai karmacharis in Pavagada in Karnataka’s Tumkur district

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Vishaka George

Vishaka George worked as a Senior Editor at PARI and reported on livelihoods and environmental issues. Vishaka was the head PARI's Social Media functions (2017-2025) and worked in the Education team to take PARI's stories into the classroom and get students to document issues around them.