sanitation workers, what is the worth of their labour?


	sanitation workers, what is the worth of their labour?

Ravi_Karandeekar

10-6-2007 11:07 PM

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Ravi_Karandeekar says:

If we were to survive, we must realize that the labor of the humble sewage cleaner has worth.

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10-7-2007 3:12 AM

abailart

And more quickly uninhabit a belief in untouchability.

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