Caste Discrimination Lives On
GO TO SOURCE CHENNAI, INDIA, July 28, 2002: Despite police action against the practice of untouchability in tea shops of rural Tamil Nadu, several shopkeepers, under pressure from caste Hindus, continue with the discriminatory “two-tumbler” system. Tea shops in several villages serve hot beverages in “two tumblers”–cheap glass ones for the Dalits and shiny stainless steel containers for the caste…