Why People Risk Their Lives To Make Millions Of Bangles In India | Risky Business | Insider News
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Bangles are a staple accessory for women across South Asia. But making them involves standing in stifling heat, inhaling glass particles, all while handling dangerous melted glass that’s as thin as water.
Editor's Note: At 7:34, there is a typo in the translated captions on the price of milk in US dollars. It should be $6 instead of $60.
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working in an abortion/womens reproductive health clinic in the deep south
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Mica mining - Jharkhand India
Another such industry is wool sorting. Rajasthan is largest wool producing state. And sorters in factory of my family face many respiratory and skin diseases due to inhalation of small dust and wool particles . Sorter's disease is also common.
The workers choosing not to wear uncomfortable protective gear is only because they have no idea about the health risk they are putting themselves in just to eliminate a bit of discomfort. The factory owners bending so conveniently to the worker's 'discomfort', is a direct reflection of how labour laws are totally disregarded. It's his responsibility to educate the workers on the health risks and make them wear the safety gear. If proper labour laws were implemented, and had he been held liable for the injuries and health problems the workers suffered, he would have forced them to wear the safety gear. It's not such an impossible conundrum
the owner is probably lying about the workers rejecting protective gear. he wants to keep costs low and not provide them with the necessary gear. what workers would say no to protective gear when they're working in a such a hostile environment? if they speak out against the owner and tell the truth, he'll likely fire them. so they keep quiet and say the factory provides them with everything.
@@yashwanthdhakshana4349 I would have usually agreed with that argument, but in this case I think they are genuinely ignorant. I have seen many other bare bone factories in India where workers just cover their nose and mouth with a cloth to protect from the dust. So if they knew of the dangers and the owner did provide them wih masks, they would have atleast wrapped a cloth around their nose and mouth on their own....
@@aleenaprasannan2146 alright i hope so
@@yashwanthdhakshana4349 artisan workers in india can be prideful and stubborn. They dont want any interference in their craft . Its possible that the owner is saying the truth , but of course the poor safety enforcement also benefits him.
@@johnsamuel1999 I agree
This just shows that hard work isn't always the road to success. Just like people in Africa who mine cobalt for peanuts while companies make billions.
sad truth, but another fact is without companies they don't even have a job, so the only consequence is they'll be robbers or hookers
@@khanhphaminh1175 he just giving the facts dude!! changes take awareness, but if the people themselves they dont see it neither will the companies cares!!
@@lapassion24 I didn't say he's wrong. It's just another fact. And I agree that the workers have to know about the dangerous situation they are in, and the company should take care of their workers more.
If they made glass sculpture that would be different
@@khanhphaminh1175 Wrong argument, without that company, they will be working in another company, or make their own company
I broke so many of these "bottle bangles" all through my life. There are even dances we do that require breaking our bangles. I just can't believe that so much risky work goes into such cheap things that most people care little for. Most of us have racks and racks and racks of one time use bangle sets.
Wow
One time use? Require breaking the bangles? I'm so scared of breaking anything glass I would die 😀
woah what kind of dance is it ,Can you tell me the name I’m super interested 😮😮
Breaking glass bangles will injure your hand, won't they? 🙄
So it’s your fault for being obsessed with trinkets
Amazing to watch how the bangles are made and heartbreaking to hear how little piss poor money the workers make. Risking severe burns, the crap they breath in, the sheer heat. We don't appreciate the things we use and consume on a daily basis. We don't think about how much effort, hardship, injuries, sacrifices, energy and time went into making it and what the people went through to make it possible for us to have those items in our lives. One grain of tiny rice takes the farmers about 6 months to grow! So do not waste food.
Happy New Year! (2023 is a day away)!
@@mmecharlotte Let me give you your first thumbs up! May I ask what culture you come from? It' is really interesting to hear about your culture's beliefs and how much respect you give to the items you use. Amazing. If only half of us would follow what you said and take care of objects/items/stuff and show the respect it deserves and in our hearts appreciate the worker behind it. But very little thought goes into what people went through for me or anyone else to own/consume that item, then it breaks due to lack of care and out it goes in the garbage.
I am originally from India, and when I was growing up we took the electronic items to the repair shop. Be it a silly old radio or a toaster or items like that. Here in the USA it's dumped because there's nobody who will fix it.
It’s their own fault for the safety risk. They are to stupid to wear protective gear and the owner of the factory should make it mandatory. The whole country is stupid and nasty with regulations. I wouldn’t touch one of those bracelets, they probably have poop on them
10 carpenters can make a great, high quality cabinet set but people do not want to pay $1000 for the product when there is a corporation who will make it and sell it at a much lower quality who may have 100 employees for $50 that looks almost the same.
Same with glass bangles.
This is why these cheap products are made in places like India and China, because the labour is cheap enough to allow them to be made cheaply.
They may look nice, but people will not pay more for the inferior quality and fragile glass.
I grew up with friends who had so many of these fragile bangles. I never knew it was such a tough job to produce.
Ok
I suppose building modern and safer factories is out of the question. These people are so exploited!
@@f3rny_66 lol yeah, doesn't make sense :/
@Zih Vil an excuse for what? They didn’t do anything wrong.
Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20
Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD
Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power.
Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD
Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes.
Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved.
Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed.
Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions.
Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope.
Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome.
Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948
Never have I ever thought I'd want something to be expensive.
even if it becomes expensive, the 1st level labor wont see the money
@@ytadltspv Preach!
nobody would buy them then, women buy the bangles because they ARE cheap, but they are just jewely nobody actually needs, raise the price beyond a point and watch sales drop to zero.
@@ytadltspv Of course the money won't trickle down to the labourers who work their a.rse off and risk their lives for a pittance.
I'd like to see tobacco & alcoholic drinks become unaffordable.
"when people are asleep that's when we go to the factory"..
A sentence never hit this hard before.. it's deep on so many levels.
I used to work at a steel mill and that sentence brought me right back to those days. Waking up at 1:30 to give myself enough time to ride my crappy little 50cc scooter 25 miles to the mill. There was a weird sensation of peace driving across a completely dead city of Kankakee then through Bourbonnais IL. It was a medium smaller city so very little activity at night.
My grandfather (rest his soul) got bangles imported from Agra to his shop. I asked my mom why he stopped when I was born and now I know the reason. It’s heartbreaking that I broke some of these bangles and supported a business as cruel as this one. I hope there can be a safer way to manufacture them.
The phone you are using also has same if not worse history.
the difference is that phones are much more important for communication in 1st world countries, and you don't really have another option
I remember having learnt a chapter in my 11th/12th CBSE English text, named ‘Lost Spring’. The chapter was about children working in the dangerous bangle factories of Firozabad. Glass bangles have a huge fan base in the country but hardly anyone knows the toil that goes behind!
Same. I came here after reading the same chapter.
When I saw this videos title, that same story context was in my mind and especially Firozabad and the story of that family.
Exactly... I don't know who was the author, but its fuc*ed up that we study about it and still nothing has improved..
Yes me too
I also learnt this chapter
After watching this, I will forever treasure & take great care of my Indian glass bangles, gifted by my husband’s Indian coworkers. Didn’t realize how much work, hard labor, skilled craftsmen & women & children, energy, resources,… it takes to produce these bangles.
Thank you.
it's humbling
I keep dem 4 years
Bangle apologist
@Zih Vil your mom
I'm glad they're not that popular in the rest of the world. Imagine if they were that popular? This much work and pollution just for a small part of population, can't imagine how worst it could be if they where a fashion item
I know that Indian women wear the bangles for cultural, religious, and health reasons, but in the end there needs to be a question asked
"Is it worth it?"
Nothing being made is worth losing your health, or possibly even dying to
There is no health reasons to wear bangles, others are true. I think there is high time that women ditch wearing bangles as it is nothing but a bondage, "bandhan"/ obstacles which stop women to live and work freely. I myself disowned many bangles, have 2-3 bracelets only and may be in future I discard those too. If you want to understand these things more then listen Acharya Prashant.
I just couldn't stop my heart from aching for these people. They are putting there heart, soul and health in making bangles and yet are not paid properly for their craft. I wish we could do something for them
Chronic exposure to silica dust causes a lovely condition called silicosis. Its essentially your lungs losing elasticity over time, your lungs basically scar over more and more making it harder and harder to breathe.
It takes years to develop, but since its just an accumulation of damage from breathing the dust, anyone who works here for any decent amount of time has this damage to some degree. Its pretty much unavoidable. This is like the equivalent of working with lead or cancer causing chemicals or radium without protection.
And yes, all you really need to combat it is proper respiratory protection, because the dust is only really dangerous when breathed in (eye stuff aside). Its mechanical damage, its not like its poisonous or anything. The way we deal with this issue in ceramic studios is literally just to constantly flood the floors with lots of water and wash them every day. If its wet and cant disperse into the air, its harmless.
These people will have significantly shortened lives, from something that is totally preventable with proper ppe. Just to make jewelry...
I live in 3rd world country.... here human life are expendable.... we have more than 250 million mouth here.... losing some is not that bad ..... (this is not my opinion... just stating the fact)
It's not the fault of the workers, it's the fault of the factory managers and owners for allowing such deplorable conditions.
@@sariosario6631 no that is your opinion and it's quite cynical. Things are changing in India life matters there, and the current government has done miracles to improve safety.
COPD in simple terms
I guess India doesn't have a thing called OSHA...
I remember having a chapter in my 12th's English named 'lost spring'. I nearly had cried after acknowledging their health risks and the poor environment. I hope if they're well educated on this manner or atleast the ministry should take any such step. While they risk themselves the companies make crores, the type of hardwork which gives barely anything eventually other than losing eyesight.
Same
I was about to write the comment but thought of searching if somebody has already mentioned it
Anees Jung?
@@Drekon009 yeah
I hail from Firozabad and I can strongly confirm that everyone I meet at my college says, "yeah yeah I have read about this city in my class 12." And then they proceed on to say that why don't I do something for the workers.
India has thousands of engineers if only they can come together to create a new n easier manufacturing process that improves health n safety of the workers that would be life changing
Thanks bro finally someone who isn't posting malware or fake stuff, you deserve my subscribe!
When I was a child I was friends with a little girl originally from India , she gave me beautiful glass bangles for my birthday and her parents sent some delicious Indian food with her. I still have them 30 years later except for the one that broke. It makes me appreciate them more, I never realized it was so hazardous to make them, or how little the workers made
I doubt she still has them, but I remember my sister receiving some glass bangles from an Indian classmate. Would have been the late 80s.
My god, I am worried about the glass dust and silica sand.
That is the last thing you want to breathe in.
Seriously!! The heat? The shards? Nothing compared to silicosis.
@@louhortonsculpture You do know not everyone is next to the fire?
What that means is no matter where your in the building, without masks, your granted to cut you life down by getting Lung Damage and maybe even worst for those in poverty, Lung Cancer.
@@lostonearth7856 they are agreeing wth your point. they said the heat is nothing compared to silicosis
@@Zariel_999 I use UA-cam mostly at 1am because sleeping is stupid.
Don't be surprised if I miss read.
Must destroy their lungs
My father still sell Bangles in my native. With that business today all 4 of siblings got educated and got govt job also. Hence my surname is baligar which means one who sells bangles. I'm proud of this business and my father.
This is amazing. All these people doing such a hard work. They deserve better
So many issues can be resolved in this factory, just like they switched from coal to gas, they must bring in discipline approach furnace from left, leave from right. They desperately need process improvement. They need safety guidelines so that they get used to wearing protective gear - it can't be optional. Factory owners must be made responsible to provide quality safety material.
Agree. All what it takes is better planning before acting. Safety first. A simple mask. A leather apron, eyepros. Doesn't take a lot of money. Priceless at the same time.
Every factory owner does not want any accident to happen in his factory, he wants to give all the safety equipment to his worker but worker should adopt all Safety equipment
Why didn't worker wear a mask when the cost of the mask is only Rs.2 and worker can afford but they don't want to wear themselves because they Feel uncomfortable just like...
People are told to drive wearing a seat belt or ride a bike wearing a helmet but they don't.
At Corona time each and every Factory owner give free mask to all Worker but after entering factory they put in his Pocket
The factory owner has clearly said that we had given them safety equipment but they did not do it.
I am from Firozabad. Work is going on for the Bangles making Machine here but the worker here also opposed it.
People say that if the bangle making machine comes, then all Bangles Worker here will become unemployed and in Firozabad there are no any Industry.
@@BanglesArt that's bs. the owner primarily cares about $$$ IN THE SHORT TERM. if safety helps achieve that goal, then good. If not, it'll get second fiddle (even if safety procedures might save the company money in the long term).
The most cost-effective and safe way is to fully automate it, but it seems to be a safeguarded industry.
It probably ruins the quality though
Seems like pretty much all of the reasons this craft is so dangerous would be solved with implementing common safety measures, seems that even the design of the place is really impractical given that one has to carry molten glass over other workers heads
Exactly. Its infuriating how they could make everything so much safer and more efficient pretty easily but just…don’t. I wonder if there’s a reason why.
@@connorisme5084 money
Install air conditioning and nearly all the other problems would be solved.
@@connorisme5084 This is what happens in a country where labor is cheap and plentiful, workers are poorly educated, and laws surrounding worker safety are either non-existent, or poorly enforced.
Common safety measures are unknown in INDIA. Besides the bangles would cost more $$$. Shame on the industry!
I'm a girl and i loved to wear the glass bangles❤❤
And after seeing their efforts
I was like.. for a jewelry the people are risking there lives.. this is so hard working and struggling .. even without any ergonomics. It is so dangerous and their incomes are very less💔💔
I never knew it's that's difficult.I love bangles .Hats of to the all the people who give us These beautiful bangles.💜🇵🇰
Appalling. Their work is so beautiful and so highly skilled and yet they have side hustles. I've been in a glass studio and heat is just indescribable. They only work in these conditions with no safety gear because they don't realize the longterm risks, and they praise the industry for keeping them fed despite the industry so actively taking advantage of them and effectively ensuring that they remain impoverished and ill by underpaying them and allowing them to remain ignorant of danger. And I'm sure not all of them are totally unaware of these facts, but the system is so perfectly constructed that they can't escape it. It would require massive concerted effort, but I hope that someday they can organize and change this way of life. I wish people in the developed world (such as in the U.S.) looked at this and understood that this is what corporations and industries love and thrive on. We take our rights for granted so much that many of us don't even recognize what abuses look like, and that we should be outraged -- and afraid. If we aren't vigilant, these practices will return to our jobs as well. That includes solidarity with workers all over the world. Also this is limp-dick journalism. Are there no labor organizers to speak to? Local doctors to discuss the health effects? Why only talk to the positive and neutral parties? They didn't answer their own question. "Why do people do this?" Because they have no choice. As is usually the case in these situations.
You couldn't have expressed this better. You are completely right.
About what u said about limp-**ck journalism: you are totally right bro. Guys from the channel, which has posted this, would have gone to factory owners and asked them to let them make this documentary about glass industry. So most of the things said in this video are from the perspective of owners.
Like, when he said that workers feel 'discomfort' wearing the gloves. But the truth is those innocent workers are never told the seriousness of the health hazard and these owners are very happy of worker's ignorance about this.
I am from Firozabad and these owners are absolute suckers. They would even profit off of the blood of the workers.
I have seen owners going to America and Europe to spend their holidays and workers are left to fight for pennies with slave like labour extracted from them.
So, there are more of us out there. How do we get our collective minds and do something?
Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20
Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD
Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power.
Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD
Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes.
Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved.
Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed.
Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions.
Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope.
Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome.
Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948
So start your own factory, Old Account.
9 dollars a day isn’t much by any standard. But the fact that he is able to put his daughters through school and have food to eat while making just 9 dollars a day blows my mind
That's because everything is cheap. Nine dollars a day is like $80-150.00 to us. You have to consider the country.
blows my mind how people can't grasp the concept of exchange rates and cost of living
@@ttttc6867 no reason to be an asshole bud. simply making a point seeing as I live on the opposite end of the spectrum where $100 a day isn’t even considered great
@@ttttc6867
Fr... 🤦♀️
Truth is those are very very shitty schools. Students even of 10th standard would not be able to write a simple essay.
The girls are themselves eager to come from school and do the work so that they can earn some pocket money.
And to those who are saying, exchange rates and all, listen: these workers literally live the life of slaves. No proper working hours, nothing in pay, and nothing about health.
I am from Firozabad I am able to tell this from my personal experience.
This is just sad , such a laborious and hard work with little earning .. I remember learning about this in my English literature 😞 couldn’t remember the chapter name clearly but it was really touching story ❤
Now I realize how precious these bangles are, I will appreciate it with my heart n thank to these people for their dedication God bless them
I feel so bad for these people not earning what they deserve in their salaries:(
I'm from Mumbai and my full-time job pays me $300 a MONTH. which is nothing compared to what people earn in america. But there are people worse than me who eats even less. My cousins get around $1000 a month or more. So there's like a huge gap in my salary compared to other people. But still i earn more than most Indians
@@Lexillios 300 dollars is a good salary to lead a life in India btw what do ur cousin do for job
@@savesoil2675 300$ is not enough to feed two people and a dog and a cat
@@savesoil2675 no its not atleast 500$ is needed especially in mumbai
@@savesoil2675 it's not lol
Was I the only one who didn't know bangles were made from glass? I always assumed they were made from thin strips of painted and decorated metal. Eye opening video.
Depends where your bangles are from. Bangles can be made from plastic, glass, celluloid, wood, metal and even bakelite.
They are commonly made out of gold,silver, plastic, glass or practically anything (even bones)
I thought it was factory plastic
Ppl prefer glass bangles in India.. Don't really know why
@@ivanhsiavchaya6604 cultural reason!! In Karnataka, it’s mandatory for a bride to wear green colored glass bangles, and many people offer bangles to women with turmeric-kumkum
Ayyyy Thanks for helping get to know the Software! I just downloaded it in hopes of making resetupes and originals. Props to you for
I want to say thank you to the owner of this awesome channel ❤ I bought a lot of these bracelets years ago,they were in style. I never knew this. This really helped me understand their life. It’s horrible they don’t get paid more.
Theres a reason why most of these hard, back breaking, dangerously laborious jobs are less favorable... i know there will always be some wanting to preserve the old ways, and i can completely understand and respect that, but i cant help but think that many of the people in these fields of work would gladly take something better, if they only had the option.
In most cases this is the better option. There's nothing wrong making a humble living off hard work.
@@HansKlopek i agree completely, nothing wrong with that at all. But that wasnt my point..
You forget the people usually working these manual labor jobs were never given the opportunity to become educated. It's against the law to not allow a child to finish high school or sixth form college here in the UK for example. Where as in developing countries you're lucky if you can even go to school ! Education is key. If everyone was trained and educated they could do something else. Like may be operate and/or calibrate machinery that can make these glass bangles if they were ever to be replaced ...
@@HansKlopek it is wrong if it's not even letting you live life with the bare minimum. Especially if it's dangerous. Dangerous and back breaking are two different things.
They don't.
Very interesting and informative video. As someone who is a First Aid attendant and on the Health and Safety Committee at work, I was going insane watching this. You eventually get used to wearing your PPE, and it help to know why you wearing it and the consequences of not doing so. They work hard and create such beautiful items, that it is so upsetting to hear how much they make.
oh my God....! I never thought it was such a dangerous way of making a single bangle...! But it was so sad that hard work is not paying their hunger...! it was so underrated ....!
Thanks for bringing their hardwork in limelight
As I belong to firozabad , firozabad is a district in state of Uttar Pradesh in India , largely populated state in country .
Firozabad known for bangle making in India . this documentary sums up the whole process of bangles making while I am adding to it for more ground reality .
Positive thing is, it gives jobs to workers who are illiterate and a secondary source of income while working in those factories other than primary source of agriculture and dairy . Many households depends on these factories .
Negative impact is firstly and most important is health issues , I have seen people working hard , they rise early in morning at 4 am and comes in evening at home . Their hands are rough and tough , eyes are swollen sometimes , their hand palms feels like burns , their all health is burnt out in these factories working from childhood to adulthood to prime age . What they earn in MONETARY sense in whole life is just the living on those little wages .
Pollution and smell of chemical feels like suffocating , air not in good quality . As one can see effect on tajmahal white sand marble .
Child labour is banned but in reality I see children goes to factories for working and do work like giving water to workers and some for more money take a part time job of bangle making . And in mostly near by houses one can see girl and boys helping to their parents as shown in video working in polishing bangle and decorating and designing those bangles for extra help to their parents in monetary.
As well factory owners are making hefty profits , feels like living in medieval industrial phase of industry where owner of factory exploiting those workers .
Personally I feel bad that these only industries have been set up as giving no other options to workers in large for alternative Choice of work .or thier should be reform in these industries like training while working in these hazardous factories .and low pollution which makes for whole district suffer in health.
I wish their will another industrial set up or any other work which can help people in earn higher wage as well as make Environment for good health , or one day if I got chance to develop my district I will sure make efforts for improving condition of people living in district .
During inspection..how do they manage?
& Why Labour Inspectors don't do nothing
For giving your answer I think word corruption is suitable ..
@@rahulbhaiya9321 One word answers all
This is the kind of news/documentary I love, great job to the people who did this. I'm very ignorant of so many things that I only just recently appreciated the bangles that people in India wear because of the movie gangubai Kathiawadi, I thought the sound they make is so pretty. Thanks for teaching me more about them.
Despite being Indian I still didn't watch that movie and in modern India regions (cities with 20 floor buildings) almost no one wears them lol
@@Starlight_is_cool That’s interesting because they’re being made in the thousands, risking hundreds of lives just to make them - only for them to dwindle out of popularity now
@@Starlight_is_cool I don't know that much about Indian culture to gauge it's authenticity but it was set in 1960s Mumbai and based on a true story, (although obviously embellished in some ways for Bollywood) but I thought it was very beautiful and rich in culture (maybe just because I'm ignorant) and enjoyed it as a romantic movie as well, it just felt really classy, almost reminding me of old Audrey Hepburn films.
I didn't mean to insinuate that everyone dresses that way in modern day, many people I know live very modern and globally diverse lives now and it can be hard to tell where they are from.
@@Starlight_is_cool what do you mean despite being indian? as if there is an expectation all Indians watch all indian movies? lol oh its English movie, so all Englishmen might have see it right.
@@starklife1 yeah ,thanks for sharing
I am fond of bangles but don't knew about all this. Thank you for this information.
Thank you for sharing that awesome video!
Billions of people globally underestimate how hardworking Indians are as India surprises me each day on how far they have to risk their lives to create so many handmade inventions to sell to many tourists and their own people. As an American whom is into art and even designed a few t-shirts myself out of marker and even super glue that could possibly injure my skin as an artistic hobby, I was so engaged watching this short documentary as it really is daunting to see how the Indian men have to face third-degree burns just to earn around $5 a day to feed their own families. A lot of us Americans definitely take material objects for granted as it's a lot of labor on the people that designs our clothes along other material objects we would want to buy as tourists. I hope to Buddha Vimal and his daughters are still doing okay to this day by being both financially & mentally stable as Vimal is able to have his family going to school as I know for a fact education is really crucial in the Subcontinent and all the workers still being safe from creating the bangles.
Also, I totally agree with *Masood Shaikh* in the comments section as it made my palms sweaty just seeing how the workers have lack of protection in extreme temps being that their skin is exposed to the shattered glasses and even the furnace itself that could easily put their lives at risk.
The major risk is that the factory is overcrowded, had the place been more ventilated, much bigger with the furnaces spaced apart then the chances of a worker pouring the molten glass onto another guy would reduce drastically.
India is overpopulated and esp. this part of India is severely overpopulated, with an abundance of cheap labor and scarcity of resources
So true
Its sometimes so shameful that our own ladies from family tries to bargain just for mere 10-20 rs discount which she ofcourse cant claim in brand stores.
The thing is...the vendors would be earning that profit...is what I believe...the real workers are getting quite less comparatively.
I had no clue! Thanks for the knowledge.
My heart literally stumped after seeing the man walking past the other testing man with the molten glass, like omg, so many things can happen
Working 10 times as hard for 1/10th of the U.S. minimum wage.
These sort of videos makes me grateful for what I have despite of all the sufferings.
Watch gore video to be more grateful.
Thank you for this through information. :) And the bangle workers..you guys are amazing. :))
Studied about these people's hardship in my literature book, in my book it says some kids lose their eyesight before even fully hitting puberty. That is straight up messed.
silica sand also causes cancer. I work for a concrete company and we deal with silica sand every day.
Silica dust can cause cancer if you breathe it, the particles size here is bigger so it is unlikely that some diagnosed with cancer working here
I love to wear those bangles. But never knew that there is a hard work of 30-40 people behind a single bangle. Now i am confused,buy more bangles to encourage them or stop wearing them to avoid their risk. But i think most of those workers depend on these factories. So if we are not buying it will affect their life.Its better to give proper education about the safety measurements in their work
seek out "fair trade" options to buy them. If you can find them, they will cost more, but hopefully you can find a small producer who is sharing earnings fairly with all workers involved
I believe the solution would be to re-train a smaller population in the proximity of the town with something less harmful to them and the environment. Then slowly incentivez these factories by grants by local government. Probv see a change . It's wishful thinking.
Buy them , it will help them make a livelihood, if you buy fancy bangles you will be putting money in to already rich people
2:55 man homie really said get back to work by slapping the man’s junk 💀
Thank You so much making this video
"Child labour is banned in the factory but children still help their families when they can"
Pretty lame justification while showing children clearly labouring in the factory
They were working at home.
Child labour is legally banned bit still rampant because of poverty and lack of ethics of employers.
I feel both apologetic and grateful.🙏🏼
I hope they get paid better and take care of their health. I hope their comfort doesn't cost them their wellness.
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This whole video is proof of why labor unions are so important. So many of our great granparents died in similar working conditions and in clashes against police in order to obtain the 40 hour work week and better standards of living... and we've become complacent. No improvements have been obtained for the working man, because it clearly is against the interest of business owners
Here in india We have one law for labours
9,9,6
9 am to 9 pm work for 6 days a week
Means 72 hours a week
And weekly salary is less than 20$
Thanks 😊 most awaited..information Thanks for sharing
Obviously aside from safety precautions in the factory that must be taken seriously for all workers, they are hard workers with high skills. This video is very informative and educational. Those glass bangle bracelets are beautiful, we commend those hardworking people with what they do to earn their livings. We enjoyed watching this video. 💕
Agreed. But would have been better if they showed more bangles - the final product. The entire video was about complaining about the heat and how dangerous it is. I get that it is dangerous... show more bangles and how they work them into beautiful works of art.
The people I know who make such glass as a hobby speak of the heat, the coughing, etc. I cannot even IMAGINE what kind of lives these workers have! Thank you for showing us just how hard and dangerous their work is.
If your friends are doing this as a hobby and coughing please tell them to get an exhaust fan meant for exchanging a large amount of air and install it in a window pointing out. Then light a cigarette and if someone else in the room can smell the smoke the fan is not strong enough to exhaust the glass fumes. I live in California and I have been in a lot of shops where they make glass pipes and the most important thing other than not getting burned is to make sure you are not breathing the fumes at all.
I absolutely love this. So down-to-earth.
Thank you that was very informative.
The family that escaped hardship by getting large livestock found maybe the one way to get out of harmful work in the lower class.
Then PETA comes after the people who deal with livestock.
We even had a chapter about bangles factory in 11th grade and how this business is generational and how factory owners force their employees to get their sons to also join the line of work or they face consequences since politicians and police are involved in this oppression.
(Sorry for my bad English)
Also in the story the grandpa is basically blind and even the father is starting to lose vision and while the teen boy doesn't wanna join the line of work his father tells him he will get his ass kicked if he doesn't.🥲
interesting additional info there not included in this story, thanks :)
What's the story on the safety equipment? Do they REALLY have options to wear it & if so, who pays for it?
@@mehere8038 honestly i don't know if the company is actually providing them with the safety equipment they need.
And if you speak Hindi you could gather from their tone of saying that "the employees reject the safety equipment because they aren't comfortable" that they were clearly lying.
The last part where they talked about the bangles factory being essential to the city's survival seemed so like patronizing like they were saying "where will these scum of earth people go, there are no other jobs anyway they have to come back here" it's all in the subtext that many people won't understand because they don't speak or understand the language.
@@Blueapples514 thanks :) I don't speak Hindi, so that extra incite is very informative to me (and I'm sure others)
Bhai class 12th mein hai lmao
Hats off to those workers 🙏..
And to think that India STILL has one of the highest populations in the world, and given how most of the other industries in India aren't much better for their workers, that's probably a blessing for them.
Had a story about the bangle factories in my school, this puts a visual to it and it really is sad to see... The glass dust, people going blind.. still goes on like it did when the story was written
Yes from CBSE text book in school
Yepp
Same
Man the truth is this videos is exaggerating too much about the situation. In reality numbers are quite less and workers have adapted this method of work and whole economy of city is dependent on these factories.
Yes in ncert hindi book of class 9th or 10th, there is a story of A girl whose father is A bangle maker.
When a boss man says "The factory gives you everything" I'm already skeptical
When they get burned, they get ointment. Burns from these ovens will have you in need of intensive care, not just ointment.
In class 10 th English book I remember we were taught about bangles in Firozabad .I can really remember that when teacher was teaching us and making us understand how difficult are there lives .. They are not taking any precautions and government is taking long time to reach there and do anything .
"Child labour is banned in the factory, but kids still help their families when they can"..... Most diplomatic statement i've heard lately.😂
I understand it's still India's reality because many unfortunate families couldn't survive without it. But it's the responsibility of the governments to fix down this social-economical imbalance.
And it's funny when the documentaries had to use these kinda statements to cover up because anything else would be off topic and controversial.😂
Now I feel remorseful for negotiating the price of bangles with a lady at my local temple fair!
Nah, it's not as if the extra money would be passed along to the workers.
@Proxy only if you are a foreigner and the original commentator is an Indian.
I am a bengali but moved to US during my high school. It was 25 rupees($0.30) for 10! The lady asked 30 rupees ($0.35)
@Proxy I think it's more to do with our bargaining culture. the shopkeeper always expects that customer will bargain and the customer reciprocates that by knowing that the prices will be inflated!
A lady who is selling may take much of profit not the one who made it
I almost cried watching this. I love bangles and as ive grown up i have a few sets handed down or gifted. I never knew how much it took to make them. Ill treasure them even more now
"Treasure" these useless crap??? Buy one--the silver or gold. WTF. Absolutely stupid and waste of time and effort..
The art of making these glass bangles is, without a doubt, captivating. The whole process behind it is dangerous, but many are doing it for a living. People are putting themselves at risk even if it could potentially cause long-term harmful effects on the body.
Fascinating programme. Ty
Brutal work conditions throughout this manufacturing process and shortened life for the workers, there should be another way to make a living.
Well India is a place where for 10 jobs there will be 10,000 people ask
They need to just stop breeding.
It can't be that bad if they're keeping it going!
@@ChandranPrema123 Over population has and will lower the quality of life and standard of life for just about everyone, no easy answer.
@@J_Games_1996 let's go point by point, western world is already at minus in population rate, indoctrination that if there will be less of mankind somehow every problem will be solved is genocidical idea,we human just like animals have proclivity to breed,i know that human are virus to plant propoganda has been widely spread in the world but that's not true . Unlike west people genuinely like human interaction in east.Just beacuse you guys have decided to end your bloodline doesn't mean everyone has to follow it .
@@fasx56 so would you rather be dead or be alive and keep trying for better future.I know it's hard concept for west to understand life is not about living standards and what not it's about family , in this video I only see people trying to earn income just so that they can provide for family even if they are poor so what does that mean they should not exist? what kind of thinking is that
"The entire factory is filled with tiny glass particles."
Bicycle passing by at 1:52...🤷♂️
Yea you can ride ride your bicycle through a bed of nails but not a single nail kinda similarly just because there's glass doesn't mean it's a broken beer bottle glass.
Ever been in an attic with fiberglass insulation? Thats stuff that makes you itchy are glass particles...The lady is sweeping glass dust made out of said particles.
A very interesting look into a very specific local industry, very nice.
After watching this
Will never negotiate if I'm buying glass bangels anywhere ❤️hard work ❤️
Respect to all 🙏
Thank You @insider news. After watching most of the videos from this series, I’m able to understand how most of the items we use are created by the efforts of 40-50 people risking their lives.
beautiful, India deserves more, & it will have more...
1.2 Million A DAY!! That is incredible. Approaching a BILLION bangles every two years. Ludicrous numbers.
Glass bangles from Indian artisans are most amazing and beautiful products that I also love to adorn! It is unparalleled and priceless!
It is the responsibility of the factory owner to provide a good and safe working environment for his workers who are making tonnes of money for him, it is sad to see that many rich business owners in India 🇮🇳 would rather spending money living comfortably instead of spending money to improve their facilities for the good of their workers. These cheap labours will eventually suffer from chronic illnesses working in such bad conditions and they won’t live long.
There r ppl why have interviewed them before. They say "I am a man. I don't need all this gloves and suit and stuff" If u don't believe go these places and check it Urself. They have too much pride and disregard safety issues.
Then they will lose jobs, u western ppl can just survivr on printed money by spending it on such cheap stuff
@@PhilospherKing they will die of illnesses or become bed ridden, it will be better to die than making tonnes of money for those rich Indian tycoons who live lavishly but too stingy to spend money in taking care of the welfare and safety of their employees moreover most Indians are Hindus who believe cows are their god and Hidus don’t eat cows because they work for you, why can’t you treat your own employees who have the same skin color like you better than the cows?
a father who feed their kids, he sacrifies his life for bring their entire family for better life
this is a dead end job and trade, sure it’ll feed you, but it won’t bring you out of poverty no matter how hard you work at it
Why did he have 4 kids if he can’t afford
@@arshiyac6326 children or kids are gave from God… banyok soal la natey nih, mung tak pehe ko konsep rezki, ehh menatey nih
Thank you for this video
Huge respect to all those people who honestly do their work
I have seen a glass factory where my cousin sister's husband is an officer, the factory makes glass bottles, it's way too hot there and that factory has all the safety measures. It's difficult to imagine how these workers work in a burning hell.
It’s sad. While these people risk their lives earning small amount of money, corrupt politicians sitting in their air conditioned office sipping the most expensive coffee 😩😩😩
In India we drink tea ...not coffee
But yes there are lot of corrupt politicians
@@tripamdas6894 In South India people drink filter coffee, so not all of India.
@@moni2ca2 oo I see, I didn't know that.
@@moni2ca2 people drink tea in south too
I remember it was around Nov 2014 and we went to this glass factory in Firozabad as a school educational trip . It was such hard for us to watch the harsh condition of these poor worker .
The factory saying machines can’t “pull glass out of a furnace” shows they didn’t even look into it because that’s not at all how the machine would create this jewelry. The protective gear “refused” by workers is also suspicious. Either it’s lack of training on health and safety or inadequate equipment provided. I just don’t buy the factory provided all the safety precautions that just got rejected by all the workers. There isn’t even safe ventilation or temp control
I have immense respect for these workers and will proudly wear glass bangles, knowing the amount of dangerous hardwork put into it.
Talk about apathy.
@Donnell0303less than 1$ in common shops here in India (maybe get 1-2 dozens of them )
Useless efforts.I/d rather clean toilets or /and grow veggies(and actually do)
Ive been to these factories some years ago in my teens (now im 30) with my mom for bangles for my uncle (designer) we didnt go alll the way in to where furnaces are lol but we were there. my mom is from bombay so she's loud and always makes conversation. Will always ask about business n "why? How?" Etc. But we HAD indeed asked - why no one bothers wearing masks or gear. We had gotten a bad cough after shortly visiting but i mean there's also just tons of pollution in general. Anyways, They had gear/were in fact given gear. At least the place we visited. But for them they were too used to using their bare hands for decades. Its inconvenient to switch. You already know the dangers of accidentally spilling or hurting someone so that fear takes over. But see, THE BARE HANDS PART is one thing. The other is the temperature. We also asked them about masks. Tht should be a must. At all times. Some of them agreed n said they'll try and start wearing lol.. But some others were telling us its too hot. It's unbearably hot. Wearing a mask or cloth makes it harder to breathe when its already hard labour. Im sure others can now relate to wearing masks during covid while walkin or carrying heavy things or wearing it in the heat. It was hard to breathe. U can get used to it... but in the beginning, its hard. And these arent normal temperatures for them. They're already dehydrated n cant breathe well near the furnace. So imagine telling them they have to wear a mask. sometimes its too hard to force someone if the ENTIRE LABOUR FORCE is refusing and they're in a hurry to keep up their rythym to complete the job (which i understand now. I didnt when i had visited. I was like "they should be forced. Its for their own good." Etc. But now i get it)
Next is eyes. At the very least tho they could wear goggles n i still think that. It might take u a while to get used to goggles tho + not letting it hinder your balance...but there's also a problem of it fogging up cuz of the temperature or it getting scratched or blurred. Maybe some high quality glass or gorilla glass? Idk.
Bottom line is. It should be a better system. BUT... Things need to be worked around so that the factory FUNCTIONS *AROUND* THEIR health safety... Instead of them functjoning around the factory. But poor people are also stubborn as hell. the factory owner will have to be extremely pushy, insistent, forceful etc to insist they follow. N keep that up over the years. its complicated but im an artist too. So now i understand their stubbornness or well i can see how they all refused. Because I know its inconvenient to be uncomfy while working with hands. N in their case the risk of burns is too dangerous for them to bother changing their comfort. The workers are too stubborn to change their ways vs getting the work done fast to make enough money for home. It just sucks overall. If there's change they all need to stick to it or the factory needs to change around the comfort of workers.
Damn u really wrote a whole essay! Lay off the adderall 😂
@@user-mr4pm7jv5e ye i did. Few things to address. Did u even bother reading? Or u just felt the need to say that?
You covered all the relevant points. Great effort.
Appreciated 🙌. I gained alot reading ur words, knowledge u imparted. The reason I prefer to read comments,to acquire knowledge and ideas which I got thoroughly. Thank you 😀
I think you're believing the factory owner too much. There's no reason the workers couldn't be wearing shoes. Also, they likely need to have a certain production speed in order to keep their jobs, so there is a lack of worker safety in the name of speed. That isn't stubbornness if people fear losing their jobs. I also wouldn't be surprised if the workers were going to be charged for the safety equipment, and that's why they turned it down (if it was indeed offered.) Afterall, if the factory owner was willing to give free safety equipment, wouldn't he also be willing to pay them enough so parents aren't making their children work?
I'm never taking a single glass bangle for granted now.
Oooh! Actual not knowing that THEY are doing such risky job. 😔😔 I am too much fond of glass bangles and wear them always. Now henceforth I will remember this and give special thanks to them and bless for good health. 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼👌🏼🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you for sharing this.
The hard work some people do, that we don't even think about, to make something so small but pretty. I think there needs to be more safty precautions put in place for the workers safety...but I think it's something the workers would need to be asked about - what they think could make it safer and better for them. Too many times people who have never done a certain job decide how to make it safe...but in some way make the job harder or more dangerous in another way. It does make me appreciate something like these bangles and want some...something people, skill artisans, put so much work into.
Am from Mauritius i always wear glass bangle and love it very much
I salute indian workers for the good and dangerous work jay hind
Hats off ❤🎉
Thanks to all those who puts in so much hard work and the risk they go through for our hands to wear such beautiful and elegant glass bangles.
As a Indian we had a chapter to study in 9th grade English about a story a journalist did about firozabad and the vicious cycle that occurs there. Even the police there are corrupt as he'll and offer no help when they go complaint about their plight because of rampant corruption.
I used to work for Fenton Art Glass, the consistency of melted glass is nothing like water, just putting that out there...
Thanks for the info xD
Yea its more like soft taffy or honey
This makes me realise how easy and better my life is
Amazing! have lots of respects and Sympathy to this people and lives