Late in August 1939, there took place a strike in a small iron foundry in Jamshedpur, the premiere steel city of colonial India.
Patharia, a village-situated in the Bundhelkund region is stark contrast to other villages. Inhabited by the Bedia tribe, a part of the vimukta jati where adult members in the family never worked and depended solely on the earnings of the young girl involved in prostitution.