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Meet 70-year-old Jagaraniya and 55-year-old Chunni.
They are the guardians of mango orchards in their village in Chitrakoot district.
This sounds like a job that would belong in a listicle of dream jobs. But no, it is anything but that. The most dangerous jobs in the world - perhaps, yes. The lowest paid jobs in the world - certainly, yes. Jobs with the longest working hours - yes, yes, yes.
In this video, we follow Jagaraniya and Chunni's life at work - their workday is 24 hours long, they are on the job round-the-clock. The pay is not in wages, but in kind - a third of the mango yield of the farm. There are zero office perks in this job. There are no leaves, or breaks. Only elderly women, who are unable to engage in wage labour due to their age, are eligible. Without training, or equipment, women have to be on their feet 24x7, and deal with human and other wilder miscreants. Any damage to the mango crop will have to be borne by the women. In case of a bad year, such as this one is because of an early summer and unseasonal hailstorms, Jagaraniya and Chunni will get no mangoes at all, despite all their work.
Jagaraniya and Chunni are also de-facto heads of their households, as the men in their families have migrated to other cities for better jobs. Since that money trickles in slow intervals, this, the caretaking of mango orchards, is the job that pays their bills, helps run their households, and feeds them.
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