India, land of the Landless.
–These photos were exposed at « Visa pour l’image », for the 20th anniversary of the festival, in September, 2008.–
Soon after his return from South Africain 1917 Gandhi led his first political struggle in the state of Bihar, in support of peasant small holders against British indigo planters. In the course of doing so, he earned the title of Mahatma,The Great Soul.
More than ninety years later, little has changed in this largely rural state situated in northern India, which remains one of the poorest in the country.Poverty, illiteracy and violence: the daily life of the poor and maginalised in India today is a world apart from the ideals that were set by India’s prophet of non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi.
Photos ©Marie Dorigny/LightMediation Text ®Christèle Dedebant
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