The text is a transcript of a documentary about the lives of some people in India who do dangerous and difficult jobs to survive, such as pulling carts, hunting cobras, stealing coal, and charming snakes. The summary could be:
The documentary follows the daily struggles and risks of some poor workers in India, who have to face traffic, police, venomous snakes, and toxic fumes to earn a living. They represent the traditions and underdevelopment that the emerging India wants to erase.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
- Kolkata city center is blocked by traffic jams and the mayor prohibited truck access.
- Thousands of men pull carts with four tons of goods to transport them to the trucks.
- The horsemen are from Bihar, one of India's poorest regions, and earn around 160€ per month.
- In Samsi, a hundred families live from hunting and charming cobras, which are sacred and dangerous animals.
- The state banned the trade of venom and the capture of cobras, putting the snake charmers at risk of fines or jail.
- Near Dhanbad, a band of teenagers steal coal from trucks and burn it to make domestic coal.
- The coal trade is illegal and harmful to health, but it allows them to feed their families.
- The snake charmers and the horsemen are seen as symbols of underdevelopment and face extinction.