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Dalit Labour, Muslim Migrants, and the City: What’s Your Ism? Reflections

Who keeps Indian cities clean and who profits from their work? Sudipto Mondal reflects on caste, contracts, and invisible labour in this week’s What’s Your Ism? Reflections.

Sudipto Mondal

Who are the real hands behind India’s clean cities? Sudipto reflects on the civic workers we rarely see, Dalit and migrant labourers who segregate waste, drive garbage trucks, and often live without rights or recognition. This episode follows the money, the power, and the politics behind urban sanitation. Anchored in his conversation with Du Saraswathi, and framed by Shailaja Paik’s work on caste and morality.

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