The silent siren of Samastipur

Once the pulse of Samastipur’s industrial growth, the Rameshwar Jute Mill stands shuttered for four months now, leaving more than 5,000 workers out of jobs. Tabshir Shams reports on forced migration and the casualisation of labour. A siren, which once sounded three times in a day, loud enough to be heard across villages, and signifying a change in shift, has gone silent