Monday, March 06, 2006

Soiled Tracks

:: NAVAYANA :: - Publishing for Social Change - Kancha Ilaiah :: Outlook - January 16, 2006: Brings out the ideological hang-ups that encourage manual scavenging and needs to be read by every civilised citizen of India.

"The book brings out the ideological hang-ups that encourage manual scavenging. It points out the limits of Communist ideology, so long as it remains caste-blind. It shows how this abominable system was allowed by every successive ruling party because of the Gandhian understanding that the Bhangis were born to do this work-just like a mother cleans her child's nappies. "

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