In a documentary that I made in 2015, India Awakes, we profiled one dalit, Madhusudan Rao, who moved from his village to Hyderabad looking for a better life. There he overheard a contractor scolding an employee for failing to supply enough workers to dig trenches for telecom cables. Madhusudan stepped up and offered to find twenty-five workers by 10 p.m. that night. He borrowed money from his sister to hire a truck, went out into the countryside and found whatever men were willing and able. The contractor was satisfied and the workers were paid immediately. Madhusudan earned more money that
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