Bobby Kunhu – Pragya Akhilesh “I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and also wanted other people to be free”– Rosa Parks It is estimated, based on government data, that at least one person dies cleaning a septic tank or sewers every five days in India. This is …
Reality of sanitation workers in India: Caste, Stigma and historical injustice
Dhamma Darshan Nigam The reality about the life of sanitation workers is not just about unsafe working and living conditions, irregular and minimum wages, and their health conditions and exploitation by their contractors. The reality is deep down more about the caste system and acceptance by the society that one group of people is …
Coronavirus may leave soon, but when will the caste virus leave?
Keerthi Nathan During the first week of April, there was a news report about a man who was reportedly killed for allegedly marrying outside his caste. The incident was reported to have taken place in a village in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu. This alleged honor killing was carried out when the state was amidst …