Indian "Untouchables" Clean Up Waste
KAYE: Well, all right. We know that you have been waiting to hear this one. At least I know Tony has. Yes, those movie star twins are finally here. The proud parents, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. They have named the boy, Knox Leon and the girl Vivienne Marcheline. The babies were delivered by C-section at a French hospital. We're hearing mom, dad and babies are doing just fine. And if you're keeping track, which many are, the Jolie-Pitts are now a family of eight.</s>HARRIS: Wow. You want to talk about a story here, of triumph over extreme hardship. We're going to introduce you to a woman doomed by birth to wander the sewers. An Indian woman escapes her fate to wander the world of fashion. Sara Sidner takes us on that remarkable journey.</s>SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the life of what Indian society calls an untouchable woman. By birth right, it is her job to manually clean away the feces and urine left behind in the toilets of her upper cast neighbors. And then carry it away, on her head.</s>MANJU ATWAL, VILLAGER (through translator): For the past 20 years, my life hasn't been a life, she says. Like insects, the world opposes us, so this is hardly a life.</s>SIDNER (on camera): We have just arrived at one of the homes where Manju, who's 37 years-old, is going to go ahead and clean out the toilet. The smell is indescribable. This whole lane is covered with urine and feces. We're stepping in it, as is she. She doesn't wear anything. She has no gloves, she has no boots. She's wearing a basic flip-flops here. (voice-over): These women begin this dirty work as early as age 7. Usha Chaumar did and then spent 21 years of her life as doing it. She says, she was often treated like the excrimant she cleaned up every morning. (on camera): So, it would be unusual for someone to do this, just to touch you?</s>USHA CHAUMAR, VILLAGER (through translator): No touching, she says. Even if I was ashamed, I didn't have any other work but this. Since I was a child I've been doing this. I would have died doing this.</s>SIDNER: Instead, five years ago, she quit and lived to do something unimaginable in this rajisani town. She ended up in New York City, on a runway, no less. Modeling side by side with a professional. The U.N. invited Usha and others like her, to bring awareness to the world's sanitation problem. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak made it all possible. He runs Sulabh International, a multi-million dollar charity to change lives by literally changing toilets. His toilets don't require the dirty work.</s>DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK, SULABH INTERNATIONAL FOUNDER: I saw the conditions and I though they were living like pigs. So, why not to give some alternative jobs to them.</s>SIDNER: His education centers give women training to do other jobs. Usha is one of the most dedicated pupils. For her hard work, she was crowned princess of sanitation workers at the U.N. It is a title that takes some getting used to. Especially after being treating like dirt for most of her life. Sara Sidner, CNN, Rajasthan, India.</s>HARRIS: And good morning, again, everyone. You're informed with CNN. I'm Tony Harris.</s>KAYE: I'm Randi Kaye. Heidi Collins has the day off. Developments keep coming into the CNN NEWSROOM, on this Monday, July 14th. Here's what's on the rundown. Opening rally based on reinforcement. Government plan to bolster mortgage giants get investors pumped. But for how long?</s>HARRIS: How the sweet ride ended. Signs were there before the housing boom went bust.</s>KAYE: And hope runs out. A missing Army nurse's remains are found.