~ At a time when India was celebrating 65th Republic Day, four Dalit families of a Karnataka village in the Parliamentary constituency of Union Minister K.H. Muniyappa were begging for water and groceries after their fellow upper caste villagers boycotted them. Their sin was celebrating Sankranti ahead of its schedule and applying for the post of midday meal cook at a government school in Kolar districts Kagganahalli village, just over 100km from Bangalore. The irony is not lost on the people in Karnataka, considering Muniyappa - a prominent Scheduled Caste leader - represents the Kolar (reserved) constituency. ~
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:13:00 +0000
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