INTERNAL CIRCULAR MIGRATION IN INDIA
AN OPPORTUNITY AND A CHALLENGE FOR MARGINALIZED FAMILIES
Keywords:
MIGRATION, OPPORTUNITY, CHALLENGEAbstract
As we sing such hymns and songs with great fervour and gusto, I
am aware of how far cut off we are from the true picture of the earth
and all reality. More than half of the world’s population, who live on
the margins, cut off by poverty, inequality, discrimination, and social,
political and religious structures, are treated differentially. Of this
population it is migrants who are most affected despised, and
excluded.
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