On the Move: Boatmen of UP grapple for identity

Despite a strong presence in 120 of the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, Nishads remain economically backward. They are tired of the status, however, and this yearning for self-assertion in the community was evident as HT traversed Nishad-dominated Gorakhpur and Maharajganj, some of the poorest districts in the country, on a boat.