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Sunday, May 8, 2022

Prasun Chaudhuri on Bengali Babu - kerani or clerk is not exactly ‘labour class’

 

Bengali Babu

The kerani or clerk is not exactly ‘labour class’. But then you’d also hesitate to call him a white-collar worker. This May Day, The Telegraph tells the story of this liminal figure
RANK & FILE: Clerks at work at The Writers’ Buildings
RANK & FILE: Clerks at work at The Writers’ Buildings
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Prasun Chaudhuri
 
https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/this-may-day-the-telegraph-tells-the-story-of-kerani-or-clerk/cid/1863075
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