It
was the month of October in the year 2006. I landed in one of the most backward
villages of Karnataka for my mission experience as a novice. The place was yet
to feel the air of modernity. The dehumanizing caste practices were prevalent
in the village, in various forms like child and bonded labour, unjust wages,
women sexual harassments etc. During my month long stay in the village I
happened to come across a boy, name Basava. He was about 8 years old working as
a bonded labourer, having morning 5 till night 9 as his working hours in the
house of a landlord.
