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Washing at the pump The lives of seasonal workers in the brickworks revolve entirely around hard work, eating and sleeping in tiny huts and, as we can see in this photograph, washing themselves and their clothes at the communal hand pump. What struck me so much last week in the photographs of women working in…

Pillars of strength So there they are, India’s working poor! Especially the women. Without their constant dedication and care, the whole of society would collapse in no time at all. Although they are vulnerable to exploitation and even slavery, these migrant women workers in the brick factories have one advantage over their middle-class employers. Their…