Burial Of SC Man Triggers Caste Row In Tamil Nadu As Two Men Fall At Dominant-Caste Villagers’ Feet Over Employment Threats Over Common Cemetery Use
Chennai: In a shocking incident of caste hegemony, two men belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district fell at the feet of villagers hailing from the dominant Backward Caste (BC) after the latter allegedly warned they would no longer employ the SCs for daring to bury the body of an aged man in the village’s common cemetery. A video of the humiliating incident was shared…
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