#NOMADS: 2/2 #Nomadic life is quite cyclical and seasonal, and dominated by routines of setting up camp, tearing down, getting to the next place and starting again.The men set off early to herd the animals to the next destination. #india #gujarat #nomadictribes #denotifiedtribes #nomadlife #nomad #lensculture
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#NOMADS: 1/2 #Nomadic life is quite cyclical and seasonal, and dominated by routines of setting up camp, tearing down, getting to the next place and starting again. The women pack up and head to the highway for motorised conveyance. #india #gujarat #nomadictribes #denotifiedtribes #nomadlife #nomad #lensculture
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#TRIBES: documenting the lives of the #denotifiedtribes in #gujarat, who were designated in law, or “notified” as being innately criminal. This was changed in 1959 but only to reclassify them all as “habitual offenders” who could be arrested without evidence. #india #tribes #nomadic
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#TRIBES: documenting the lives of the #denotifiedtribes in #gujarat, who were designated in law, or “notified” as being innately criminal. This was changed in 1959 but only to reclassify them all as “habitual offenders” who could be arrested without evidence. #india #tribes #nomadic
#THEUSUALSUSPECTS: certain communities were codified as automatic criminals in law, meaning that they could be arrested without evidence or due process, harassed and subject to indignities on the whims of the authorities. Those statutes were overturned and removed - not very long ago - but it is harder to change attitudes and prejudices that have been reinforced for generations. #VSSM worked tirelessly to return these tribes their rights and it often began with voting cards, enshrining their rights to rations and work and legal standing. Appreciate your right to vote, politicians will respect you more if you can and do. #tribes #nomads #denotifiedtribes #gujarat #votercardpower #disenfranchised #india #vote #photojournalism