Profile of a Female Agricultural Labourer

Abstract

Narayani is a thirty five year old Pulaya, scheduled caste, agricultural labourer who lives in a squatter settlement on the outskirts of the city of Trivandrum. She lives here in a small mud hut perched precariously on a narrow strip of Land with her husband and five children. She is less than 5ft. in height but well built. She is very dark in complexion but usually wears clothes of very bright colours.