Emmie
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Actually that would suggest just under 50% cos that was 2001 census If we say 45% of lets say 1,2 billion. wow that would suggest in the region of 504 million. I am mortified I honestly did not know the extent of the abuse. Today I have changed my perception of India.
I do hope these poor souls fight for their right not to be abused
Yeah, really poor people... This report is extremely shocking for me, I never knew the extent of descrimunation.
Can you believe this is all happening with human beings?!
*25.7% are prevented from entering ration shops. WHAT???
* In 48.4% of villages, Dalits are still denied access to common water sources.
* 35.8% of villages, they are denied entry into village shops.They are supposed to wait at some distance from the shop, the shopkeepers keep the goods they bought on the ground, and accept their money similarly without direct contact
* In teashops, again in about one-third of the villages, Dalits are denied seating and are required to use separate cups.
* In as many as 73% of the villages, they are not permitted to enter non-Dalit homes, and in 70% of villages non-Dalits do not eat together with Dalits.
*In more than 47% villages, bans operate on wedding processions on public (arrogated to upper caste) roads.
* In 10 to 20% of villages, Dalits are not allowed even to wear clean, bright or fashionable clothes or sunglasses.
*They are not allowed to ride their bicycles, unfurl their umbrellas, wear sandals on public roads, smoke or even stand without the head bowed.
*Restrictions on temple entry average as high as 64%, ranging from 47% in Uttar Pradesh to 94% in Karnataka. In 48.9% of the surveyed villages, Dalits are barred from access to the cremation grounds
*In 25% of the villages, Dalits are paid lower wages than other workers. They are often subjected to much longer working hours, delayed wages, verbal and even physical abuse, not just in ‘feudal' States like Bihar but also notably in Punjab. In 37% of the villages, Dalit workers are paid wages from a distance, to avoid physical contact.
*27.6% of Dalits are still prevented from entering police stations.