SLAVERY

Normally when we see him he is around 45 years old. But he doesn't know exactly his age.
When he was 6 years old he started grazing landlord cows and he had to graze till his can .This is Mr. Karichandan Sada from Saptari, Nepal. He doesn't have anything in the name of wealth. He says my forefather also grazed the cow and I am also grazing and my son will also graze the cow of landlord.
When he looks after a cow he doesn't get any salary but he gets some amount of Paddy. The way of giving Paddy is separated according to the age of cow.
Age Paddy
Up to 2 years No
2-5 60 kg rice per year
6 and above 90 kg per years

He goes early morning 6 o'clock and return back around 7 o'clock in the evening. Sometime his wife also helps him for grazing the cow. His child goes with his father instead going to school.

In the ester part of Nepal from early age such types of traditional is followed. They don't get any money but they get Padday that also not according to there demand but according to landlord. If they don't go one day Rs.80 (US $ 1.6) will cut up from there paddy.

When we asked to the Senior District Officer " He says till now I am unknown, if somebody will come to protest than also we can't investigate because we don't have proper law in our country"

They Shift from one place to another every months or half yearly. They don't have permanent house for living. One of the slaves says we are slave from our forefather age and we will be slaves …..



ROJESH GHIMIRE
NEPAL