In India an extra dimension is added by the social divisions of the Hindu caste system. Most bonded labourers are dalits, the outcastes formerly known as “untouchable”. Custom lends social sanction to illegal discrimination—both caste prejudice and bonded labour are outlawed. But in many villages across India, dalits are still born into slavery, and are routinely scorned and abused by their high-caste neighbours.
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Another dead son, murdered by a gang of upper-caste youths with whom he had dared to have an argument. The police have not even investigated.
