Public Health and Prejudice

Ancient prejudices are at the root of many problems of public health in India. If you are a poor Dalit in this country your health will constantly be under threat from a disease called caste atrocity. The medicine in this case does not need to be administered to the Dalit but to the society we live in and the therapy is called social revolution.
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Caste atrocities in Karnataka

EIGHTY DALIT families from Kadkol in Karnataka's Bijapur district, The Hindu reported last month, were "punished" by caste Hindus of the village with social and economic boycott for drawing drinking water from the village tank to which they had been denied access for decades. For this "crime," the Dalits, mostly agricultural labour, were removed from work by their landlords, barred from ration shops, and even flourmills. The caste Hindus then began to use the tank to bathe their cattle, wash clothes, and even defecate. The Kadkol incident is only the latest story of atrocities against Dalits in Karnataka — one of 40 in the last seven months, according to media reports.

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http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/25/stories/2006112502881100.htm