Ghanshyam Shah, Harsh Mander, Sukhdeo Thorat, Satish Deshpande, Amita Baviskar, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2006, Available at Amazon.com
A survey in 565 villages across 11 states reveals that in 73% of villages, dalits cannot enter non-dalit homes, and in 33% of villages non-dalit health workers will not visit dalit homes. Clearly, independent India’s efforts to eradicate untouchability have not substantially shaken core beliefs
Underlying much of the heated debate on reservations is the belief that too much is being made of the discrimination suffered by dalits.
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