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Child trafficking is in fact a demand-driven problem. There are industries which run on the nimble fingers of children. The Bangle industry is one such industry among many others. Traffickers target the most vulnerable children. The offence of trafficking spans two or more two states. It makes prosecution of the traffickers difficult. The kind of energy, synergy, time and money required is hard to arrange as survivors of child trafficking belong to marginalised sections of society. The survivors do not go back to the place of rescue where they were trafficked, engaged and exploited. This results in traffickers committing the offence of child trafficking with impunity. India does not have a victim-centric comprehensive legislation on human trafficking to combat it. There is no dedicated working mechanism to combat human trafficking that works well. Anti-Human Trafficking Units across the country have remained on the papers. The Conviction rate in the crime of human trafficking is 1.5%, according to the National Crime Records Bureau 2021.

Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004) is considered one of the pioneering Indian writers in English of Anglo-Indian fiction who gained international acclaim. Along with R.K. Narayana, and Raja Rao, he is popularly known as the trio of Indian English novelists. He marked his revolutionary appearance by giving voice to the oppressed section of the society with his novel, Untouchable in 1935. In this novel, he takes a day from the life of Bakha, a young sweeper who is an untouchable because of his work of cleaning latrines in the early 20th century British India. Discrimination based on caste and poverty are the two focal points of this novel. This paper aims at portraying a kaleidoscope of socio-cultural, economic and political spheres of life. It aims at painting the unexplored, and less talked vistas of life. Hence while revisiting untouchability and poverty, this paper offers an analysis to a variety of colours or a collage of varied aspects of human life.

Dalits have been subjected to numerous atrocities and injustice for centuries. It's been 68 years since India attained its freedom; still the practice of caste system prevails in most part of it. The political rhetoric and constitutional protection have failed in eradicating caste cruelties and Dalits continue to bear the brunt of caste violence and discrimination. According to the census 2011, in India Dalits including Scheduled Tribes comprised 25 percent of total Indian population and the by now the percentage would have gone much higher. Dalit empowerment and upliftment from the current status quo is much needed only from the constitution and politicians but from the mass media as well as they have great potential to achieve this phenomenon. Mass media can create awareness and empower Dalits as they have the capability as prime mover of change in the society. Unfortunately, the mass media which supposed to present unbiased social reality and resort balanced position, has shifted its focus as profit-making Corporation. Thus are the emergence of alternative media came into being. Alternative media helps the marginalized and the minority communities to speak against the oppression at the gross root level. To call a media an alternative media, it should have characteristics of an alternative media. Bailey et al., 2008 in their book understanding alternative media propose four basic approaches to alternative media which make a medium as an alternative media. One of the approaches is that an alternative media should 'serve the community'. This article focuses on how Dalits in India have begun using internet as the alternative media for sharing information and how Dalits websites and social networking sites such as blogs fits into the approach 'serve the community'.