Manual scavenging is not merely a vestige of colonial sanitation methods but remains a continuing human rights violation, entrenched in caste hierarchies and social complicity
A study conducted by Oxfam suggests that 20 percent of respondents in scheduled castes reported suffering discrimination in hospitals or by health-care professionals.
Kerala Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan on Tuesday said caste system was a "stain" in the minds of certain people and it was not easy to remove it instantly
