Blue collar
Real interviews chronicling the dreams and aspirations of India’s working class
Meet Jagriti
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Jagriti is no stranger to juggling multiple things at once. Having stayed outside of the home from a young age, she is now working as a Traffic Police and pursuing her under graduation in correspondence in parallel from Bangalore. She is striving towards her long-cherished dream of getting into Government service.
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Meet Mohammed
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Mohammed is a 20-year-old from Assam working as a security guard in Bangalore. Being the sole breadwinner, he leaves no stone unturned to ensure a better future for his family. His enterprising nature enables him to get closer to his aspirations of making it big.
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Meet Aalim
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Aalim, a 23-year-old security guard from Bangalore, who discontinued his studies after high school to support his family. Even today his family in Assam looks forward to the money Aalim sends every month to run their household. Aalim dreams of providing them with a better life by staying in Bangalore for a few more years.
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Meet Parvati
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Parvati is a married woman and works with a housekeeping agency in Bangalore. She commutes to work by bus every day and is exhausted by the time she heads back home. As a mother of 3 children, she takes the onus of saving up for the household expenses as well as emergency funds.
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Meet Varun
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Varun is a 29-year old man who works as a security guard as a part of an agency. He is currently being assigned to co-working organisation on a contract basis. Varun is unmarried and stays with three other roommates in Bangalore. He is originally from Mayurbhanj, Orissa and comes from a farming background where his dad owns a piece of land and grows rice.
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Meet Basker
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Basker is a 29-year-old man who works as an admin manager in a Homeopathy clinic based out of Bangalore. Basker is unmarried and stays with his family. He takes immense pride in the fact that all their family members live under one roof which includes his parent, siblings along with their partner and their kids.
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Meet Surya
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Surya is a 26-year-old man who works as an office assistant in a startup office located in the ever-hustling city of Bangalore. Surya is married and is blessed with two boys, one 5 years old and other 3. Surya lives in an independent home with his parents and a younger brother. Growing up in the family of 5 siblings, Surya is the 4th kid.
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