“I wanted to commit suicide...
Dec 26, 2020
2 minutes
By SONALI ACHARJEE
BANDEEP SINGH
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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