On The SIte

Who says that Indian society does not treat men and women equally? Here in the village, like India in general, the vast majority of the builders and road workers are women. Often migrants from the South, these dark skinned women wear bright saris and head-banners, and are almost always painfully thin. They work like Trojans on site and precariously balance bricks and other aggregates on their heads. They are the only builders I have ever seen who never share their butt-cracks with members of the public.