A class of people has been condemned as scavengers and treated as untouchables from generation to generation in India. Such was the collective myopia of the society that hardly anyone ever paused and wondered what could be done to help them until Gandhi and Ambedkar raised a war cry against their suffering in the 20th century. India banned untouchability and the construction of dry latrines to obviate the need for scavenging. But, the evil which had continued for centuries could not be ended overnight. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak launched Sulabh Movement, the main purpose of which is the liberation of scavengers from their ignoble calling. With his efforts millions of scavengers have been freed from the task of carrying nightsoil as head-load. All over the country over one lakh people, mostly women, are still engaged in the demeaning profession. What is their life? What are their sufferings? What are their hopes and aspirations? Interviews with women scavengers hailing from Alwar in Rajasthan blow the lid off the searing experiences of these wretched women unfolded in ‘New Princesses of Alwar: Shame to Pride”.