A failed legacy

Last week, the Supreme Court awarded Rs 10 lakh as compensation to families who lost someone from diseases caused by what is euphemistically called ‘manual scavenging’. This evil practice was banned 20 years ago but more than 7,50,000 Indians, according to the 2011 census, are still forced by extreme poverty to physically (with their bare hands) clean high caste excrement.

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