Yet, social mobility is painfully slow as they continue to face hostility from other backward castes who see them as cornering economic opportunities and luring away their women. Years of affirmative action has ensured economic mobility for Dalit youth, many of whom are employed by the government. Dalit pockets in villages are visibly better kept and many live in brick houses compared to the ubiquitous thatched Dalit huts in backward states. We would forget this shame only if we can get him convicted.’’īetter economic opportunities and decades of socialist politics of the state have ensured that the Dalits of Tamil Nadu are better off than their counterparts in socially and economically backward states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Our officers had to receive him like a hero. A senior police official was reported as saying, "he surrendered in style. Yuvaraj, surrounded by scores of his supporters, surrendered three months later in Namakkal. Last year, Yuvaraj, leader of Gounder group Dheeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai allegedly killed Dalit engineer Gokulraj for talking to a girl from his caste. There were reportedly over 80 deaths that were attributed to honour killing in the past three years. It was said to be an honour killing ordered by the girl’s family. Sankar had secretly married a Thevar girl. In March, a Dalit youth Sankar was chopped to death in broad daylight near the textile hub of Tirupur. On the day ET met him, he had spent all morning trying to meet the deputy chief of police of the district in vain.Ĭaste-clashes are on the rise in many districts of Tamil Nadu. He says his parents are being hounded and his attempts to get justice from the police have failed. He believes the girl’s relatives will kill him some day.
He himself is in hiding and never travels alone. Since then Balaji has not seen his girlfriend.
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