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Exploring Ima Keithal, a 500-Year-Old Market with over 5000 Traders – All Women!
The Better India (blog) Studies suggest that the market's female-only workforce originated as a result of the enforcement of the Lallup-Kaba, an ancient forced labour system in Manipur that sent men of the Meitei community to cultivate faraway lands and fight wars. The women … |
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