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“I wanted to commit suicide...

BEZWADA WILSON,54

The co-founder and national convenor of the Safai Karamchari Andolan made the liberation of sanitation workers his life’s mission, earning the Magsaysay award in 2016

“When I was called a ‘ bhangi’ (the north Indian term for manual scavengers), I didn’t feel shame, I felt horror and anger. If I had been

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