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Discrimination stands alive in crematoriums

 
/ November 7, 2012

The crematories for Dalits in Delwara district of Rajasthan are in very bad shape. There is no place for the relatives to sit and no arrangement for drinking water. There is no shed to burn the body. During monsoons, the relatives use rubber tyres to burn the deceased.  For the...

Untouchability – On the Ground

 
/ July 10, 2012

Issues – Information – Inspiration

Children boycott food from Dalit mid-day cooks

 
/ June 29, 2012

The state had passed the rule that only Dalits would be appointed as mid-day meal cooks. This caused an uproar among ‘upper caste’ communities everywhere and their children began to boycott the food. The state responded by softening the rule, replacing the words ‘compulsory appointment’ with ‘preference will be given’...