The manifestation of untouchability has changed from its physical aspects to more intangible forms* ♦️Why are a majority of applicants for academic posts under the SC/ST category declared as “not found suitable”? ♦️How many law firms or chartered accountant firms are owned and run by the SC and ST communities? ♦️And why do we still have reported cases of deaths from manual scavenging in the country, though the practice has been constitutionally abolished? ♦️ Why did a Dalit IPS officer still need police protection to ride a mare as part of a procession in his village in Haryana as recently as 2022? Marginalisation in India is a complex exercise that needs caste data, anthropological analysis. I lived in a rented accommodation as a student in Delhi University. One day, tired of Delhi’s water woes, I asked my landlady if I could call somebody and get our water tank cleaned. Unsurprisingly, my landlady replied, “Ab C***r (using a term for members of the Jatav community) ...