Sohrab Hura Two brothers toil hard for subsistence on their small piece of land in Bokaro. The soil is infertile and with the absence of irrigation as well, hardly anything grows. Jharkand, India. 2005. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura The unorganized labour market in the morning in Ranchi. The women in the photos had migrated to the city from nearby villages in search of employment and would wait every morning for contractors wh (...)
Sohrab Hura In a slum in the older part of the city where people had migrated from nearby states to look for a job. Most belonged to the Dalit community and found it even harder to find employment in the city (...)
Sohrab Hura In Robertsganj after a Rozgar Adhikar Yatra rally, villagers loaded up on tractors to return home. Women provided tremendous support to the movement. Uttar Pradesh, India. 2005. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura Punaram and Mupphat, the puppet, talk to Dalit women workers at a 'Food for Workers'™ site. Hisua, Bihar, India. 2005. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura In Sarguja displaced tribals from the Hirakund region in the neighbouring state of Orissa listen intently as the Rozgar Adhikar Yatra members talk to them about the movement and their rights. Chhat (...)
Sohrab Hura Ganesh Banara was one of the survivors. He was shot through his stomach. Orissa, India. 2006. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura Women workers huddle together to give in their attendance at the worksite. Madhya Pradesh, India. 2006. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura Workers head to a newly opened MGNREGA worksite. Madhya Pradesh, India. 2006. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura On January 2, 2006 the police opened fire on unarmed people including women and children who were protesting against the inauguration of a newly built boundary wall around a piece of disputed land (...)
Sohrab Hura Villagers of Nuagaon- one of the main affected villages in the Paradeep region - protest against the POSCO deal. Orissa, India 2006. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura In the summer of 2006, a Rozgar Adhikar Pad Yatra (journey on foot) was carried out in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan where activists from all over India and other nations as well as the local res (...)
Sohrab Hura A young girl in Pati block in Badwani district in the state of Madhya Pradesh looking after her baby brother while her parents are out to look for work in a nearby hamlet. Most households are extre (...)
Sohrab Hura Migrants from the nearby districts Sheopur and Baran in Rajasthan make camp in Shivpuri to work as cheap contract labour. Madhya Pradesh, India. 2006. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura A father takes a last look at his child before leaving to work. Madhya Pradesh, India. 2006. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura INDIA. Madhya Pradesh. 2006. Till the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was implemented in 2005, the average number of days of employment per household per year was only 7 days in Pati Block (...)
