Asmita Majhi
Asmita Majhi’s home is in Bagewa, Ward 7 of Kolhavi Municipality in Bara district. She is studying in the second year of her Bachelor’s. She is also a part-time teacher at a school. Her wish it to compete for a position through the Education Service Commission and obtain a government job as a teacher with a permanent appointment.
During breaks between academic sessions at her college, she works as an agricultural labourer alongside her mother to earn a living for her family of seven people. Working as agricultural and migrant labourers are the main sources of income for her family. They are sharecroppers who earn a living by working on the fields of other landowners. Her father is working abroad, which has helped pay for household expenses.
Asmita remembers living through a very tough childhood full of hardships. The hardships and struggles endured by her mother to raise her remains
The Majhis of Madhesh are fisher folk, they earn a living by working on the land owned by others, and they are of a low caste – this was Asmita’s experience of caste. But studying further has revealed to her that the distinction between castes is a human construct, and that people of every caste are actually the same. After discussions with others, she has also understood that the social attitude that divides work between women and men is what constitutes gender. She says that her thinking about people of sexual minority has also changed, and that she doesn’t consider being born into a sexual minority a divine punishment anymore. They were also born naturally, and it is wrong to discriminate against them.
She thinks that Madheshi Dalit women are incapable of resisting even when they are subjected to sexual violence and caste-based discrimination, and therefore the state must remove obstacles from their paths in order to afford them justice and a life of dignity. These days, she is attempting to closely study not only the hardships and difficulties of the Dalit woman but also the challenges they face and the resistances they build against them. She is also exploring the experiences, knowledge, arts, memory and oral histories of Dalit women as she attempts to understand Dalits and the society at large. She is interested in bringing a new articulation to the question of caste, gender and sexuality, and to bring them to the public through arts and literature.At a time when the Mushahar community has very little access to education, she has continued her education by enrolling into a Bachelor’s program through her own hard work.
Asmita Majhi’s home is in Bagewa, Ward 7 of Kolhavi Municipality in Bara district. She is studying in the second year of her Bachelor’s. She is also a part-time teacher at a school. Her wish it to compete for a position through the Education Service Commission and obtain a government job as a teacher with a permanent appointment.
During breaks between academic sessions at her college, she works as an agricultural labourer alongside her mother to earn a living for her family of seven people. Working as agricultural and migrant labourers are the main sources of income for her family. They are sharecroppers who earn a living by working on the fields of other landowners. Her father is working abroad, which has helped pay for household expenses.
Asmita remembers living through a very tough childhood full of hardships. The hardships and struggles endured by her mother to raise her remains a great source of inspiration for her to continue applying herself toward working hard. Asmita has witnessed poverty from extremely close quarters, and therefore she wants to bring smiles to the faces of poor children by helping them as much as she can. As the elder daughter of the family, she has many responsibilities on her shoulders, and yet she is also active in taking on duties in the social sphere. She is active through various different organizations in the district. She is deeply interested in teaching others the knowledge, qualities and skills which she possesses.
The Majhis of Madhesh are fisher folk, they earn a living by working on the land owned by others, and they are of a low caste – this was Asmita’s experience of caste. But studying further has revealed to her that the distinction between castes is a human construct, and that people of every caste are actually the same. After discussions with others, she has also understood that the social attitude that divides work between women and men is what constitutes gender. She says that her thinking about people of sexual minority has also changed, and that she doesn’t consider being born into a sexual minority a divine punishment anymore. They were also born naturally, and it is wrong to discriminate against them.
She thinks that Madheshi Dalit women are incapable of resisting even when they are subjected to sexual violence and caste-based discrimination, and therefore the state must remove obstacles from their paths in order to afford them justice and a life of dignity. These days, she is attempting to closely study not only the hardships and difficulties of the Dalit woman but also the challenges they face and the resistances they build against them. She is also exploring the experiences, knowledge, arts, memory and oral histories of Dalit women as she attempts to understand Dalits and the society at large. She is interested in bringing a new articulation to the question of caste, gender and sexuality, and to bring them to the public through arts and literature.At a time when the Mushahar community has very little access to education, she has continued her education by enrolling into a Bachelor’s program through her own hard work.
