Breaking Free from the Shackles of Tradition: The Struggle of Karnataka’s Manjhi Devadasis
The government must take action on two fronts – abolish the Devadasi tradition and ensure that Manjhi Devadasis no longer face social and economic marginalisation, writes Pramod Indaliya, in The Wire.
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Pramod Indaliya is an MA in Development student at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
This article is based on a discussion with Manjhi Devadasis during the author’s fieldwork in Koppal.
Image credit: Pramod Indaliya
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