Aarakshan: Notes from the underground

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  • Published On: August 12, 2011
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At a time when India's archaic caste system is back in the limelight with the controversies surrounding the film Aarakshan, we take a look at the life of Mumbai's sewer cleaners - a group of people whose job, even today, carries the stigma of caste.

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