One of the defining characteristics of our Hindu societies and its functioning is our age-old caste systems. Untouchability, two-tumbler system, separation of social spaces exists today as ever before. Although we are aware of caste prejudices and its consequences amongst us; little are we aware of its off-shoot — non-caste discrimination. Ironically non-caste discrimination grew hand-in-hand with the idea that caste system was discriminatory and needs to be abandoned. It is very strange that despite seven decades after independence our caste systems are still intact. In this 21st century, in…
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