About: ashaadmin

My name is Sitaram. I am 78 years old. I have been living in Mayapuri slum for over 50 years. All my 4 children have turned their backs on me and never come to ask about how I am doing. I am an old man, and today I beg on the streets because otherwise I…

My name is Shanti and I am 80 years old. I am from a Dalit untouchable caste and all my life I have been cleaning toilets and picking up garbage from peoples’ homes. I have always been shunned and humiliated by the upper castes. I have 5 children but all of them have left me.…

This is a narration from a 65 year old Dalit woman called Ramwati. Dalits in India are also known as untouchables. They are caste out from society and in the villages, they are only allowed to clean toilets. Ramwati says that when she lived in her village, she was given the work of cleaning the…