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Article

2 Jun 2003

Author:
Hillary Mayell, National Geographic News

India's "Untouchables" Face Violence, Discrimination

India's Untouchables are relegated to the lowest jobs...Untouchables perform jobs that are traditionally considered "unclean" or exceedingly menial, and for very little pay...Although illegal, 40 million people in India, most of them Dalits, are bonded workers, many working to pay off debts that were incurred generations ago...These people, 15 million of whom are children, work under slave-like conditions hauling rocks, or working in fields or factories for less than U.S. $1 day.