- 4 months ago
Find out the stories of Bihar immigrants living away from home, facing daily struggles for survival and dignity in unfamiliar cities. This exclusive report explores their living conditions, low wages, and lack of social security that often keep them on the margins. We also capture their candid and diverse opinions on Bihar’s politics ahead of the 2025 polls. How connected are they to their homeland politics, and what changes do they hope for? Watch this feature for an understanding of Bihar’s migration reality and political pulse.
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00:14foreign
00:28I have no idea what you can do to me.
00:32You have to look at the work of the public, but that's not it.
00:40Your eyes are not moving.
00:41What can I tell you?
00:43I saw a lady, I asked her where are you from, she told me, she is from Bihar, her name is Rukhsana
01:02and I asked her to show her home, where are you from, where are you from, where are you from, where are you from
01:09because she is a Bihar immigrant, so I really wanted to talk to her
01:14I've been here from Bihar, I've been here for 5-6 years
01:17You've been here for 5-6 years, where are you from Bihar exactly?
01:19Kharapur
01:21So you didn't have any work in Bihar?
01:23I didn't have any work in Bihar, then you came here
01:26So how did you earn here in Bihar?
01:28In Bihar 12,000
01:30So you have your husband and your children?
01:33Yes
01:34So how did you earn here?
01:38You have 3 children, you have to tell me before
01:403 children
01:41We are going to go, I've never seen this before
01:44Do you go to Bihar's house?
01:46Yes, we go to Bihar in Bihar
01:48We go to Bihar for 10 days, 15 days, for 1 month
01:52So where are your parents?
01:54My parents are in Bihar
01:55So you don't remember your parents?
01:57Yes, I don't remember your parents
01:59Yes, we are here, when we are here, when we are here
02:01When we are here, we are all with them
02:02We are here
02:03Then we are here
02:04Then we are here
02:05My parents are here
02:06Where are you from?
02:07Yes, we are here
02:09Then we are here
02:10So what do we do?
02:11Then we are here
02:12So now you are prepared to come here
02:13Yes, I am here
02:14I am here
02:15Okay, I will tell you
02:16One more time
02:17I will tell you
02:18That the first time
02:20We are here
02:22We are here
02:23We are here
02:24This is made of food
02:25Here
02:25There are all the vegetables
02:27Can be made here
02:29This is made of the vegetables
02:31Look at the vegetables
02:33There are little vegetables
02:35Look at the vegetables
02:38Here
02:38There are vegetables
02:41Here
02:41There are wooden wooden
02:44That is a toy
02:45And
02:46Look at that
02:47This room is finished here and come out a little outside
02:51If you will see here, there is water here
02:57The bathroom is a little clean here
03:00Here are the clothes here
03:02And here, see here
03:04I will say to my camera person, make a little pan left
03:08Look at the top of the room and this way
03:11Look at which way
03:13There is a small building
03:15There is a small house
03:17The whole house
03:19People are living here
03:21We will talk about other people here
03:23Come here
03:29Come here
03:31What is your name?
03:33Ranjadevi
03:35Ranjadevi
03:37Are you from Bihar?
03:39Where?
03:40Where?
03:41From Bihar
03:42Ranjadevi
03:43Okay
03:44Let me tell you a small camera person
03:47There is a camera here
03:49There is a temple here
03:51Where did you come from Bihar?
03:53How many years?
03:55How many years?
03:57How many years?
03:59How many years?
04:01Why did you leave Bihar?
04:03Why did you leave Bihar?
04:05Why did you leave Bihar?
04:07What did you do here?
04:09I don't do anything
04:10We are in the house
04:11So what did you do in your husband?
04:13What did you do in the car?
04:14He ran the car
04:15Where did you not get to drive?
04:16He did not get to drive the car
04:17He did get to you
04:18But it was a little
04:19Just as you know
04:20The owner is little
04:21He gets to get a little money
04:22How many years?
04:23How many years?
04:24$10,000
04:25$10,000
04:26$10,000
04:28You also do work there?
04:29No, she has to do everything
04:30I do work here
04:31I am seeing this here, and I am seeing that I am working on some of the equipment.
04:36Yes, I am.
04:37So, you also have some money?
04:38No, I am not.
04:39No, I am not?
04:40No.
04:41So, I am going to talk to you at home?
04:42No.
04:43So, I am going to talk to you?
04:44Yes.
04:45Okay, come here.
04:46So, you can see here.
04:48What's your name?
04:50Pooja.
04:51So, Pooja, are you going to sell yourself for yourself or what is happening?
04:55I am going to sell myself for Chhat Pooja.
04:57Yes, for Chhat Pooja.
04:59So, Chhat Pooja, do you want to make the U.P. or Delhi or Delhi?
05:03Yes, I will make the Bihar.
05:04Yes, I will make the Bihar.
05:05Yes, I will make the Bihar.
05:07Yes.
05:08Yes.
05:09Yes.
05:10You will come to the house, and live in Bihar.
05:12Do you have any friends?
05:14Yes.
05:15Do you speak about them?
05:17Yes, yes.
05:18Do you know about them?
05:19Yes.
05:20How do you feel?
05:21Good.
05:22Good.
05:23So, what did you do for Bihar?
05:27I am very good.
05:28I am really good.
05:29Yes, yes.
05:30So, if you are working, then why would you come here?
05:33Where do you get something at work?
05:34When I am working, I am here.
05:35I am here.
05:36I am here.
05:37For studying.
05:38I am here.
05:39You are not good.
05:40You do not tell me.
05:42It is not.
05:43It is not so good.
05:44You have to go out and go very far.
05:46I have to go away.
05:47Now, it is from bed.
05:48It is so good.
05:49It is from bed.
05:50So, during bed you go away.
05:51So you live in this room, your mother and father are living in this room?
06:00Yes.
06:01Do you ever mind yourself?
06:04We are in the village, we can adjust.
06:07Okay, in the village?
06:08Yes, we can adjust.
06:10We can adjust.
06:11What is your name?
06:23Hajra Khatun.
06:24Hajra Khatun.
06:25Hajra Khatun.
06:26Sahil.
06:27Do you have any concerns about Bihar's election?
06:31Yes.
06:32Do you want to go to voting?
06:35Yes, go.
06:36Do you want to go?
06:37Do you want to go?
06:38We don't do anything.
06:39We live in the village.
06:40How do you work?
06:41I work in the village.
06:42The house.
06:43Do you think so?
06:44Do you want to do something to us like us?
06:47Do you want to go home and go to your home?
06:49If you want to do something, we will live at home.
06:51My house has nothing.
06:52Home is not a house, we have nothing.
06:54Our house is a house.
06:55My husband is a illiterate, and I make it nothing.
06:58My husband is a illiterate.
07:00Why do you have anything to pay home?
07:02Do you have anything to pay home when you pay home?
07:04Yes.
07:05Not many of my husband was on the same basis.
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07:36I don't know about BJP or Congress.
07:39I don't know.
07:41Do you have any new ideas?
07:42No.
07:43Let's go and tell you.
07:45Yes, I don't know.
07:46Look how many people are unaware here.
07:49I think that they will go to U.P.
07:51They will take a ticket to the U.P.
07:54But there is no doubt about who is the candidate or who is.
07:57They are living here.
07:58They are living here.
07:59They ask that they will do something like this.
08:02They are living here so that they can leave their home state.
08:06Now, let's talk about this.
08:09What is your name?
08:13Khatija.
08:15Khatija, tell me.
08:17Your mother is saying that we will vote.
08:22Who will vote?
08:24Do you know who are the people?
08:26I don't know.
08:28We are here for 4 months.
08:31If you don't know how to vote.
08:33Who will vote?
08:34Who will vote?
08:35Who will vote?
08:36They will give them.
08:37She will give them.
08:38She will give them.
08:39She will give them.
08:40She will give them.
08:41Who will give them.
08:42Those who will give them more.
08:44Who will vote for the people?
08:46Who will vote for the people?
08:48Okay.
08:49What do you need?
08:50What do you need?
08:51Your mother's daughter was poor.
08:54Three months ago.
08:55You will get good.
08:56Why do you come here?
08:57All you come here.
08:58Let them love for you.
08:59What's your daughter's daughter.
09:00How are this?
09:01Why don't they go here?
09:02How are you safe?
09:03Anything.
09:04What are your servicejets?
09:05What do you need?
09:07Nothing.
09:08What else do you need?
09:09Take care of yourself?
09:10Do you want.
09:11Please go, once pipi.
09:12Share your daughter.
09:13Where is she.
09:14Is there here?
09:14What do you do?
09:15I want to go.
09:17Home and him to come here.
09:19Home and meal.
09:20And the food will go around.
09:21And the food and night service Leute
09:22is still there.
09:23She came here, a woman here by her.
09:28What did she get to her?
09:32And she gave her family.
09:34She gave me the date.
09:38I gave her family.
09:40She didn't give her any money.
09:43She got married.
09:46She left me a little.
09:47I found her family.
09:49Can I give her my family?
09:51The other thing that we had was given to our son and we had to leave it on his son
09:58He was giving all the money, his son took his paypal
10:03He took his paypal
10:04He took his paypal
10:07He took his paypal
10:09He took his paypal
10:12He didn't save his paypal
10:15How do you say that the government wants it?
10:18What would we ask? The government is giving up, eating, eating, eating, eating.
10:25They eat, eat, and eat. They eat a lot of food.
10:29If we read the paper, who is the money, who is the money, who is the money.
10:32If there is no money, who will be able to study the poor.
10:36He will not be able to do anything.
10:39If the people of the family are the money, his money will be paid.
10:44I will study where the children will study.
10:49No one will not study.
10:52No one will not study.
10:53So, if you are your children,
10:55they will also stay here for the children?
10:57What will you do?
10:58If you are a child,
10:59you will be a child.
11:01If you have a child,
11:03you will not be able to heal your mind.
11:06For money.
11:09You will not be able to take it.
11:11If you are a child then you will run over there,
11:16but you won't also know who to give this vote.
11:18Which government's better?
11:20The government's government is not aware of
11:23that.
11:24You will receive all the people of this government.
11:27Who說?
11:29The government's government.
11:31Who should you give a government?
11:33The government's government.
11:35Who would you know of those people?
11:37Who?
11:39People are Hindus and Muslims.
11:42No one will tell us that they will vote.
11:45Then who?
11:46When you vote there,
11:50people will tell you that they will vote?
11:53We have to vote.
11:56We have to vote.
11:58We have to vote.
12:00We have to vote.
12:02We don't understand anything.
12:09Do you want to vote?
12:14Yes, come on.
12:15Yes, come on.
12:17Look, here is another beautiful house.
12:22It is a very beautiful house.
12:26Where are you from?
12:28We are from Vegu Sarajila.
12:31What are you doing here?
12:34We work on the liver.
12:36And you?
12:37We work on the liver.
12:39Where are you from?
12:41I am from 24-25 years old.
12:44From 24-25 years old?
12:4625 years old in this house.
12:48Okay, 25 years old in this house?
12:50Yes, this house.
12:51What did you have to leave the liver?
12:54I don't have to leave it.
12:55Why?
12:56Why do you leave it?
12:57I will leave it.
12:58I will leave it.
12:59Do you have to leave it there?
13:02No.
13:03There is nothing.
13:04There is nothing.
13:05No.
13:06So, if we lose it.
13:07There is nothing.
13:08No.
13:10I have no vagin.
13:11Who will do it?
13:12Well, not only anybody will do it.
13:13They will leave.
13:14They will leave.
13:15We will leave the three-point home.
13:16Six-point vote.
13:17Do you know what BJP is?
13:19Are you experienced, BJP, NDA, RJD and JanVarajal?
13:22Is that he?
13:24Yes, I am going to be BJP, but if it's gone, we won't go, then we will not give it to anyone else.
13:32I don't have chance for the children.
13:35We are working on the civil line, so we are working on the civil line.
13:39What are the difficulties in Bihar?
13:44There are no difficulties in Bihar.
13:48How do you talk about it?
13:50There are no difficulties in Bihar.
13:55There are no difficulties in Bihar.
14:00In Bihar, there is no difficulty.
14:03If you have a lot of money, you don't have to pay a lot.
14:09There are no difficulties in Bihar.
14:11Do you have to pay for the children?
14:18I am learning the children.
14:21When it's less than a salary, it will also be a problem in Bihar.
14:25I am learning the children.
14:27I am learning the children.
14:28No, I am asking you.
14:29You are in Bihar.
14:30What are the problems in Bihar?
14:32It is.
14:33When we have a job, we are here.
14:37When we go for a job, I will go to the village to have a lot of money from the village.
14:44I always get the money to the village.
14:46When we are here, we will have time for the village.
14:47I just give it more time.
14:49I will not give you time for ten days, but I do not give it more time.
14:51You are staying far from your mother?
14:53I am staying still, but we will go through three years ago.
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15:26I don't have a land, I can see all of them, but I can't eat it, but what can I do?
15:33No, I don't have another place.
15:36You are going to go to three centuries.
15:40Do you see your eyes?
15:42What can I do?
15:47What do you see in your eyes?
15:51I am not a mom.
15:54I am not a mom.
15:56I am not a mom.
15:58How many times do you get?
16:00No, I am not a mom.
16:03Do you get a mom and dad?
16:06No.
16:08Because if you leave your job,
16:11you will be able to eat the children.
16:15I am not a mom.
16:18I have no home for me.
16:21Okay, we'll see you again, go on a phone, we'll see you again.
16:27Just wait.
16:29What are you saying to the government?
16:32What are you saying to us?
16:33We will make a house or a house or a house.
16:37How can we build a house?
16:38We'll say what.
16:39We're going to do it.
16:41We're going to make a house and we're going to do it.
16:43We're going to make a house and we're going to do it.
16:46We're going to do it.
16:49I have been studying 4-4 children in the school.
16:52I am studying 4 children in school.
16:55You also study 4 children in school?
16:57I study 4 children in school.
17:02The children in school are more private.
17:06I have 4 children in school.
17:10I have been studying 4 children.
17:12I have been studying for a long time.
17:16Is that true?
17:18Is that true?
17:20Yes, it is true.
17:22You have to eat the food.
17:24You have to eat the food.
17:26What can you eat?
17:28The government will give you food.
17:30If you have no house or no land,
17:32you will give you food.
17:34Tell me.
17:36And the government will not do anything for me.
17:40The government will give you money.
17:42What does the government give you money?
17:44No, sir.
17:46Do you know?
17:48If you don't go there,
17:50if you have a very vast ocean,
17:52then the government will become a house.
17:56You can eat the food.
18:00When you eat it, you will not eat it and get the house.
18:02The house has declined.
18:04Why won't you come here?
18:06Well, in this place,
18:08I'm giving you food.
18:10I keep giving you food.
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18:42They will get a small land, they will get a small land, the government, I don't know who the candidate is, but it is important that the government does not do anything.
18:51So look, there is so much unawareness, and so many aspirations and hopes.
18:57Where did you go?
18:58Bihar.
18:59From Bihar?
19:00From Bihar?
19:01From Bihar.
19:02From Bihar.
19:03From Bihar.
19:04From Bihar.
19:05From Bihar.
19:06From Bihar.
19:07From Bihar.
19:08From Bihar.
19:09From Bihar.
19:19Tobihar, you don't need to bring home money, so I'll have to come it, so shall you come here?
19:20What are my
19:33home?
19:34We have Eux, мет W stable.
19:36We need to go through the building a lot in the building.
19:42These are the jobs that are coming to work.
19:46The government is not working.
19:47We need to go through the building.
19:49And you will stay with your family.
19:52Do you have any time to go?
19:54You have to go?
19:55How many kids do you have?
19:57One girl and two girls.
19:59How do you sleep for their disability?
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20:32Do you want to come from BJP?
20:35No, you can't come from BJP.
20:38Who wants to come from?
20:40Who wants to come from?
20:42Who wants to come from there?
20:44It's good for kids to go to school.
20:47First of all, we have to go to the jungle.
20:50Do you have to take a new party?
20:54Yes, it's a new party.
20:57Like in Delhi, Kajiriwal was a new party.
21:00Kajiriwal was a free party.
21:03Yes, that's the matter.
21:05Give them a chance to give them a chance.
21:07Yes, we need to be confident.
21:09But what is it?
21:10We are going to come from BJP.
21:12We are going to come from BJP.
21:14In the law and order situation,
21:16how much crime is happening?
21:18There is no work.
21:20The people of Bihar are crying.
21:22The people of Bihar are crying.
21:24The people of Bihar don't do anything.
21:26The people of Bihar don't do anything.
21:28The people of Bihar don't do anything.
21:30Many people of Bihar don't think they're crying.
21:31They're in Argentina.
21:32I have them all and they are the whole family.
21:35All of their family,
21:37all of their family,
21:38all of their families,
21:40all of their families,
21:42all of their families.
21:43Another thing is that everyone will...
21:44So Nithish Kumar to in girlfriend's work.
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22:45How did you come to Bihar from here?
22:56When I was here, I was here. I was 10-12 years old.
23:01How did you come to Bihar from Bihar?
23:04I was here from Bihar.
23:06I was here from Bihar.
23:10My sister was here.
23:12How did you come to Bihar?
23:14No.
23:15I don't know.
23:16We don't know.
23:17We don't know.
23:18We don't know.
23:19We don't know.
23:21What are you doing now?
23:24I'm doing a business in the 8th grade.
23:26Do you do anything?
23:28No.
23:29Do you feel the whole day at home?
23:31What do I do?
23:33How many kids are in school?
23:36How many kids are you?
23:373?
23:382 girls.
23:39How many kids are in Bihar?
23:41Are you going to vote for voting?
23:44I won't go to Bihar.
23:45I won't go to Bihar.
23:46How much money?
23:48I won't go to Bihar.
23:50I won't go to Bihar.
23:51I've been here for 2 months.
23:53How did you come to Bihar?
23:54How did your mother-in-law go to Bihar?
23:56How did your mother-in-law go to Bihar?
23:58I won't go to Bihar.
23:59I won't go to Bihar in school.
24:00I ran in the day.
24:02I was drinking at night.
24:03I met with gifts.
24:04My mother was getting ready.
24:18How did my mother-in-law go to the barber?
24:21I'm Mohammed Jamseed, I'm from Darbhanga district.
24:23Darbhanga, when did you come here?
24:26I came here in 1997.
24:28You came here in 1997? What age was your age?
24:31I was 41 years old.
24:32We had to leave the village to the village, because there is no work.
24:36We were at the small level, we had to study, we had to study, we had to study, we had to study,
24:41we had to study, we had to study, we had to study, we had to study, we had to study, we had to study.
24:47Where did you study?
24:48I was 7 years old.
24:50My father was in the village, he was in the village, he was in the village, he was in the village.
24:54Then I came to Delhi, I was in Delhi, I was working here.
24:58Look, the government is all there, it is not that the government is being in the village.
25:03The government is not able to study the day.
25:07The government has made it one way.
25:10It is a state of the Mejdoor.
25:13If you go to India all over in any state, you will have to get the Mejdoor.
25:20Other country, other state, you will have to see, other state, you will have to get the Mejdoor.
25:25So why did you find the Mejdoora?
25:27Why do you find the Mejdoor?
25:28Why do you find the Mejdoor?
25:29Why do you find the Mejdoor?
25:30Yes, you are the same.
25:34Most of you have 10,000, 12,000, 15,000
25:36of your family.
25:37I have seen two people
25:40who are doing one step,
25:43and it will become little money.
25:46Have you ever faced something
25:47personally about this?
25:49No, I've seen this many times.
25:52This is everywhere.
25:53You can go to the state,
25:55so these people are the same.
25:57We work from the state,
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26:55we are not sure that the chitra is not going to be able to drink water.
27:01The chitra is in the whole of the chitra.
27:06The chitra has been all the hand pumps and has been closed.
27:11We have put a new hand pump which has been closed in 15 days.
27:15So we are seeing them, I want them to support them.
27:25I support you, but you don't have to do anything.
27:29We don't see it in the face of Modiji's face.
27:33No, it's not.
27:35The state government needs to change every five years.
27:43If no government doesn't do anything,
27:47then you can change the public.
27:49You can't see it.
27:51If you believe in our area,
27:54there was a small practice.
27:58I am telling you about this.
28:01The children who came to me and came to me.
28:05The doctor came to me and came to me.
28:08I have to tell you,
28:10there is a practice.
28:12There is a practice.
28:14There is also a family and family.
28:17The family and family,
28:19they have to do anything.
28:20There is a practice.
28:22There is a practice.
28:23There is a practice.
28:25It's not a practice.
28:26There is a practice.
28:27That's why I have done this.
28:28There is a practice.
28:29I have been doing this.
28:30I have to tell you about that.
28:32But I did.
28:33I was doing this.
28:34It was a practice.
28:35I have to tell you that I was doing this.
28:37The doctor came here and then the village said that they didn't do anything, so they were controlled by the people of the village.
28:46If they come, they will open up the shop. What do you think?
28:54Will it be right or wrong?
28:56What do you think?
28:58foreign
29:12foreign
29:18foreign
29:28The government says that you give this money. Why do you give this money?
29:34The money you need to get the money.
29:39Why do you give this money?
29:43Give this money for them.
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