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Tarn Taran, Punjab

Aug 26, 2022

‘My head aches from carrying all the weight’

Trapped in a cycle of debt and indignity, Dalit women in Havelian village who clean cattle sheds and collect dung in Jat Sikh homes, lose a portion of their wages for advances taken

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Author

Sanskriti Talwar

Sanskriti Talwar is an independent journalist based in New Delhi, and a PARI MMF Fellow for 2023.

Editor

Kavitha Iyer

Kavitha Iyer has been a journalist for 20 years. She is the author of ‘Landscapes Of Loss: The Story Of An Indian Drought’ (HarperCollins, 2021).