Building humanity: Breaking barriers overcoming social exclusion

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"Why do those people need toilets? They are dirty by birth and can never have clean habits" remarked Ghanasyam Malik of Banjor village in Ganjam district of Orissa. This is an often-repeated question faced by Gram Vikas's community organizer in villages where the MANTRA (Movement and Action Network for Transformation of Rural areas) programme is being implemented by Gram Vikas. It also shows the deeper and pervasive exclusionary practices still prevalent in the country.

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01/03/2008