Neha Dixit Gives Voice to India’s Most Ignored Women Workers

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New Delhi: In a media landscape increasingly driven by algorithms, profit margins, and elite narratives, voices from the margins are often drowned out. Neha Dixit’s new book, the Many Lives of Syeda X brings one such voice — that of Syeda, a Muslim migrant woman from Banaras who moved to Delhi after the 1992 Babri Masjid riots — into sharp focus. For over three decades, Syeda has toiled invisibly, crafting the very objects that populate our homes and lives — from tea strainers and Diwali décor to bulbs and stationery…

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