Millions of sandstone quarry workers in India breathe toxic dust that causes a terminal lung disease called silicosis. To treat the illness, workers are forced to take out loans that are impossible to pay back, trapping them into a life of debt bondage and leaving behind an entire village of widows who continue to work there.
00:00 – Introduction
01:37 – Widows Village
02:29 – Annu’s Generational Debt
04:56 – Heera’s Battle With Silicosis
06:19 – Sapna’s Lingering Debt
09:52 – The Risks to Widows and Children
11:06 – Navraji’s Struggle to Find Work
12:32 – The Prevalence of Silicosis
13:40 – Where the Sandstone Goes
14:50 – The NGO Stepping Up
16:53 – The Government’s Role
20:41 – Workers’ Fates
22:13 – End Credits
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