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A gift from the author, Pu H.Rammawi himself... Truly appreciate it! ✨   He is an ex-Minister and ex-MLA of the state and currently the Vice Chairman of the State Planning board... Despite the generational gap, my conversations and discussions with him regarding certain topics involving work done for the tribal communities and marginalised groups were always enthrilling, informative and insightful. I've never come across anyone quite like him who is so very motivated to work for the betterment of the people, down to earth despite being a person in power for decades, well-informed, acknowledgable and although he have been working for the same cause I advocate for decades before I was even born, he still patiently listen to my ideas, suggestions and always enthusiastically guide me through it all!  I sincerely hope you enjoy this book and his insightful knowledge as much as I do!

The aspect of my work I most dreaded was encountering incalculable human suffering without being able to do anything about it. Waves of guilt often wash over me. What is the purpose of anything I am doing?  Merciless people continued to devour the weak despite every supposed advancement in human rights. Even worse, so many of the people who are supposed to be helping these individuals are taking advantage of them as well. Money was raised by NGOs and careers were built by those who claimed to be doing something to help, but so often they are really only helping themselves.  Certain percentage of the donations would end up in their own pocket, even when the money reach the individuals in need, priority was given in publicizing the good deeds rather than ensuring the required help is successfully fulfilled.  It seems to me that most people work on this as their 9 to 5 job to pay their own bills, or as a campaign strategy to win votes for the next election.  I cann

Sometimes I sit on the sidewalk watching as common citizens make their way from work to play by walking around piles of bricks/woods/cements with the same nonchalance as they circumnavigated child laborers and sleeping peasants, as if they are all equally annoying obstacles in the road. I am not suggesting that everyone is oblivious to the labor exploitation that is happening front and center all around them; on the contrary, many everyday citizens and NGOs decried these abuses. However, in general, there is a systemic acceptance that these bonded and child laborers could be worked to the bone in order to finish their work/constructions/projects.  That is the way things work in India.  The exploitation is a part of a system that had function in much the same way for centuries, and there isn't any overwhelming social movements that succeeded in altering the system.