Garima Raghuvanshy

Feb 2, 20161 min

Exposing caste censorship in the wake of Rohith Vemula’s death

Updated: Mar 9, 2021

"When people are raised to a hallowed ground far above criticism, the ideas they put forward and fought for also leave the arena of debate and discussion. It is even more dangerous that the criteria for this immunity from criticism is based on caste and vital status. Our Parliament has now put into place a law that dictates which ideas are "sacred" and above dissent based almost solely on the caste of the person expressing them"
 
Co-authored with MS Chaitra and published in DailyO.

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