Manas Mohanty popped his bubble gum and reclined in the comfort of his air-conditioned SUV moving past laborers washing after a day of pounding iron ore in India’s eastern town Joda, Orissa. As the car approached another stretch of highway that resembled a pothole surrounded by tiny roads, rather than a major artery carrying about 15,000 trucks a day, he grabbed onto the passenger’s side handle in preparation for the bumpy ride. “Here we go,” Mohanty said. “Heaven-Hell. Heaven-Hell. Heaven-Hell.” The phrase mimicked the sensation of the car bouncing up into the heavens and down into hell as the driver navigated the maze of red-mud watery ditches. It was a joke describing the pathetic situation of the roads, which are the lifeline for numerous mining companies transporting iron ore to steel factories in other parts of the world. 'Heaven and Hell' doesn’t just describe the roads. It’s a description of the hellish life of the day laborers who are building the heaven that... See full document!

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