Dalit Children Stopped from Singing Song Dedicated to Ambedkar
- 3 years ago
On Republic Day this year, a primary school in a village in Maharashtra organised a programme to mark the occasion, as most schools do. Republic Day commemorates the day independent India adopted its Constitution, and a group of students wanted to perform a song dedicated to Dr. Ambedkar, the leading voice in the struggle against caste-discrimination in India and the driving force behind the Constitution.
But the programme was cut short when the children’s turn to perform came. The children belonged to the six Dalit families in the village where the rest of the population, in a clear majority, is of the Maratha community, an ‘upper’ caste.
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But the programme was cut short when the children’s turn to perform came. The children belonged to the six Dalit families in the village where the rest of the population, in a clear majority, is of the Maratha community, an ‘upper’ caste.
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