Early morning near St Columba's College at Hazaribagh it is a common sight to find group of men with cycle eating their breakfast. The breakfast is normally prepared at there home in around 1 am. All it would contain is some rotis, some onion pieces and some potato bhujiya. This is something they gorge upon after 3 to four hours of arduous journey carrying around 2 tonnes of coal in their cycle. All this effort fetches them around 100 to 150 rupeee. This coal is high in demand for domestic consumption as most of the household in Hazaribagh still prefer (rather can afford) coal as the fuel. Almost all the dhabas also use coal to prepare the local cuisines and delights. Definitely , illegal mining, carrying coal on cycle for the distance of 30 to 40 km is one of the livelihoods means and profession being carried from generation to generation since coal was discovered in this mineral rich area. This time at home, I had a chance to talk to these carriers and a long conversation,