SC seeks details from Centre on steps taken to stop manual scavenging

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to apprise it about the status of implementation of a 2013 law that prohibits manual scavenging and the steps taken to rehabilitated people falling within the......

The ugly truth of dying in a sewer

It’s impossible to get the actual number of people dying and not getting compensation but the number is obviously much more than stingy official estimates. In any case, nowhere in the world......

How long will men clean shit?

On Wednesday, September 18, the Supreme Court denounced manual scavenging as 'most uncivilised and inhuman'.'It is the notion that they are born to do this which needs to change.'Sneha......

Bezwada Wilson, an Indian hero

Between January 1, 2017 and September 18, 2018, one manual scavenger died every five days.He is no caped superhero, but Bezwada Wilson continues to fight the good fight for manual scavengers, says......