Daily Archives: March 28th, 2007
A slave for food in fast developing India
I read the shocking plight of Jawahar Manjhi, a farm labourer in Bihar, working for 27 years to reply a loan of about 40 kg of rice for a family wedding. They agreed that he would work for a day for each kilo. Today, 27 years later, he has needed to borrow more rice, and [...]