The cause and consequences of defiance of Manual Scavengers
The Manual Scavenging as a profession is universal in nature since long but with the time the conditions of the said employment has been ameliorated due to the proliferation of human right awareness but if we mould the light towards Indian situation, there is hardly any elevation in the position of the people engaged in the field of manual scavenging,. The rationale behind the stagnate condition of people employed as manual scavengers is the survival of cast web in India. The pyramid of caste and creed is so deeply rooted in the Indian society from the time immemorial as it’s not an easy target to catch. In India, it’s not a form of employment but a degradation and a way of demeaning human beings; aiming at a particular class which has been pushed to do such deeds for their survival. There are numerous circumstances and incidents which directly and obliquely adding, contributing and reflecting the conservancy of the outdated tradition even in the contemporary theme of equality ...