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Tags : migrant labourers, Alappuzha district, Bullet Oran,
Kerala workforce
Posted: Tue Sep 27 2011, 03:26 hrs
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From Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, Bullet Oran was far

2g scam - By venky chetty
from home. But he never felt lonelier than last night
when, bruised and bleeding after he fell off a train, 2gscam shning - By PMGPillai
he knocked on door after door at Cherthala in
They need a whiplash... - By HARJAP SINGH
Alappuzha district asking for help. Nobody AUJLA
answered, either to give him a bandage for his
wounds or a glass of water when his legs buckled. In Pranab get your act ... - By Srinivas
pain and slipping into unconsciousness, Oran Ceo - By Jay, USA
stumbled into the local temple and hanged himself
with a rope. Centre gives approva... - By t jsingh

That was the end of one migrant dream in Kerala, Pak - us relations - By HARJAP SINGH AUJLA
but that’s not the only one. Over the last decade,
migrant labourers have emerged as the nuts-and-
bolts of Kerala’s workforce, a state whose working
population largely lives outside. With them have
come a different lifestyle, language and culture;
sometimes, the differences boil over.
In the same district, around the same time, 40
migrant workers from West Bengal were injured at Kayamkulam following a clash with a mob
over an alleged mobile phone theft. Several of them are serious.

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In the last week of June, local people at Kakkanadu near Kochi had attacked a camp of Bengali
workers.
Police said Oran was on his way to Kochi in search of a job along with two others from his village,
when he fell off the train by accident at Cherthala.
Says inspector Chandra Mohan: “Oran went to several houses. They might have misunderstood
him as a thief. Language problem too might have contributed.”
Oran sought help for an hour, his condition deteriorating as he bled profusely. “Some people saw
Oran commit suicide,” said the police.
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Inhuman hunanity Reply | Forward

By: Duke Sekhon | 27-Sep-2011
Who will salvage humanity that calls itself civilised but is turning beastly and inhuman by the day as it progresses.

Bengali worker in Kerala Reply | Forward

By: EssEss | 27-Sep-2011
And yet we still want to believe that we are all citizens of one country! It is a shame that we let language or
community or origin colour our human spirit!! Alas we have become morally bankrupt!!!

Intolerance Reply | Forward

By: M.S. | 27-Sep-2011
Its a pity that India is getting to be more and more a parochial and intolerant society.

Injured worker hangs himself Reply | Forward

By: AE | 27-Sep-2011
Indians, wake up, have compassion. One reason such things are happening in Kerala is bcoz kerala is getting
telebanised and baptised. What a shame ?. Wher r the arundhoti roys and mehda patekars ?

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Shame on Malayalees. Reply | Forward

By: Ram Nath Babu | 27-Sep-2011
I am a malayalaee living in Delhi. I am really shocked the read this news items. The state which boast 100%
liuteracy and a high culture, has gone back to barbarian days, it seems. How come, none has come to help a
bleeding man. Shame on Malayalees. The younger lot in Kerala beiieve in enjoying life. Wine, woman and wealth,
that is their motto. This tiny state perhaps ranks No. 1 in drinking. Gallons of liquor is consumed everyday. Like
Delhi and other parts of the country, women are no more safe in Kerala. Overall a very grim picture.

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