Who are Irulas?
Poverty, debt, nomadic existence trap
the Irula tribe into bonded labor. The
Irula community is the most vulnerable of
tribal groups in the state of Tamil Nadu,
the Irulas are the easy victims of bondedlabor.
Owing to their abject poverty, and the specialized
skills that make them the best hands for work in brick
kilns and rice mills, they also constitute cheaplabor.
90 percent of rescued bonded laborers in districts
like Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai,
and Vellore are Irulas. A large section of them lives
in the northern and eastern districts of TamilNadu.
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