A taste of Dalit discrimination while drinking tea at Khedgi Village, Karnataka. The shopkeeper refused to give us tea in a glass and instead gave us in plastic cups. ‘The glasses are dirty’, said the shopkeeper and ignored us. Customers kept pouring in and they were offered tea in glass. Bhujya too was served on a newspaper instead of steel plates that one could see lying around. ‘Sambar is finished’, said the shopkeeper when we asked for it. We were faceless Dalits who were at the mercy of the shopkeeper as to what and how he wants to serve us.
Copyright – Sarika Gulati/NDW — at indi Block, Karnataka.
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