‘Children of the Ganges’ – The mallah community of India’s Varanasi | Workers’ Rights

‘Children of the Ganges’ – The mallah community of India’s Varanasi | Workers’ Rights

ByNews Polite

Varanasi, India – “Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures of water,” says 29-year-old Vishwakarma Sahni. Sahni belongs to Varanasi’s community of approximately 8,000 mallah, the boatmen whose lives are deeply intertwined with the Ganges – a river considered sacred in India and which they hold in profound reverence….