With the great Tharu festival of Maghi just round the corner, people of that community now seem very busy fixing the price of kamalari girls, as though they are commodities.
People from well off families are now visiting the Tharu community to procure girls as kamalari ( girls children taken as domestic help for a year at a certain price).
The price of a kamalari would be fixing between her parents and clients after much bargaining.
Bishram chaudhari, an emancipated kamaiya (bonded laborer) at Bijayanager said that local landlords and some people from urban areas have begun to visit the kamaiya settlements seeking young girls for kamalari. "I have tried my best to persuade the Kamaiya n0t to continue the practice".
