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For India’s Caste-Based Sewer Cleaners, an Uncertain Robot Rescuehttps://undark.org/2019/09/20/sewer-r...
Sewer robots and other technology aim to end caste-based scavenging, which regularly costs lives. But are they enough?
Only A Comprehensive Understanding Of India’s Caste System Can Lead To Its Eradication https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/10/...India’s caste system has been discussed and been under the scrutiny of the world for a long time. Whereas in the international community caste-based oppression and violence has been gaining prominence especially in the last few years, in India caste-based divide has been driving her society even in the 21st century to the point where national and state elections are decided on vote banks created by the caste system. I am writing this article because India’s caste system has been interpreted and passed on to successive generations in many different forms. It is imperative to understand its evolution objectively and without bias to comprehend its purpose.
what if "staying in your own lane" means you're knee-deep in shit all day?In India, manual scavenging is a deadly job. Could a Bandicoot and a Sewer Croc help? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-2...
They work all day in sewers and latrines, wading through filthy sludge up to their waists.
They carry untreated human waste in buckets without helmets, gloves or masks.
Every five days, on average, one of them will die.
It's illegal and demeaning, but it's work for more than 1 million people in India.
"The Indian government defines a manual scavenger as somebody who physically carries human excreta," says Mumbai-based journalist and author Puja Changoiwala.
"The practice has been outlawed for 26 years, and technically on paper it is illegal to hire somebody as a manual scavenger, but the practice still exists.
"There are still people are who are doing this work, who are still dying, and no-one is being held accountable."
Two lower caste children in India beaten to death for 'open defecation' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-2...The two children belonged to what are known officially as "scheduled castes", but also called "Dalits" or "untouchables" for their position in India's ancient caste hierarchy.
Discrimination on the basis of caste is illegal but still widespread in India, especially in rural areas where hundreds of millions of people live.
Krishna wrote: "the answer is...no...it's not going to end anytime soon....not until government stops stupid policies..."So the government supports the caste system, Krishna?
Modern India is still divided by its shameful caste system She had been beaten and set ablaze in nearby fields by five men from her village — including two she had accused of raping her in 2018
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/wor...
It wont stop until successive governments considers castes as something to eliminate ,rather than mere vote banks
It will end when Indian society follow what Ambedkar said in his classic undelivered speech written in 1936 called Annihilation of Caste.
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. It has origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.[1][2][3][4] It is today the basis of educational and job reservations in India.[5] The caste system consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system.
India’s Caste System
By Archana Chaudhary
https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/i...
For generations of Indians, the ancient code of social stratification known as the caste system has defined how people earn a living and whom they marry. Despite reform efforts, deep-rooted prejudices and entitlement hold firm among higher castes, while those on the lowest rungs still face marginalization, discrimination and violence. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a strategy that purports to look beyond caste and focus on improving the lot of all Indians. His approach has won overwhelming backing from voters, but critics say it risks exacerbating the plight of the most disadvantaged.