Srimoyee Biswas is a doctoral researcher in Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her research examines caste and gender in urban welfare systems, with a particular focus on community-based care labour and Bahujan women’s work in informal settlements in Delhi.

Stories04 Mar 2026

• When Field Workers Only Remain In The Field: The Unfairness Of A Bahujan Social Worker’s Place

  Social work in India is commonly associated with altruism, moral duty and ‘social upliftment’ but it often masks the unequal power structures within which it is practised.

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