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Polluting touch :Untouchability reigns

 
/ April 12, 2013

The caste system in India prescribes that all menial and filthy jobs be done by the “lowest caste”. In continuation of this tradition, Carrying away and disposing of the rotting carcases of dead animals is exclusively a ‘Dalit’ job. This undignified labour done without any protection or equipment carries with...

“No Dignity In Untouchable Jobs” I ARTICLE 17

 
/ April 11, 2013

Carrying away and disposing the rotting carcasses of dead animals is exclusively a ‘Dalit’ job. This undignified labor done without any protection or equipment carries with it the label of ‘social impurity’.