Investing Lives And Earning Troubles: Coolies At The Attari-Wagah Check-Post Of The Indo-Pak Border

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to examine the status of human rights of the workers working as the coolies at the Attari-Wagah Check-Post of the Indo-Pak Border in the Amritsar district of India’s Punjab state. Conducted through Availability and Voluntary sampling techniques of the Non-Probability Sampling technique and while applying the quantitative method of research, the study primarily reveals the personal, socio-familial and economic aspects of the lives of the selected coolies. The study explicates that while working in an unorganized sector as workers, the coolies at the selected check-post lead the lives of deprivation and mistreatment and discontent. They are the victims of economic insufficiency, social marginalization and political neglect.