Mica mining, why watchdogs count, by Peter Bengtsen (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, April 2019)
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Roughly 25% of the world's mica is mined in Jharkhand, India, and an estimated 20,000 children are engaged in illegal mines I first met Karulal, ()
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