Exposing an abhorrent practice (Frontline)
review by S. Vishwanathan of India Stinking by Gita Ramaswamy:
"'In an age when mechanisation with harvesters and tractors has rendered thousands of manual labourers jobless," Gita notes, "it is a standing testimony to the lasting virulence of the caste system that public facility cleaning and sewage disposal are still handled by human beings.'"
See also:
Soiled tracks by Kancha Ilaiah (Outlook India, January 16, 2005)
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