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Post by Guest Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:43 pm

Nagaraj, a Dalit resident of Manchanabale village of Karnataka, has to walk to the nearest town of Chikkaballapur every time he needs a haircut. The reason though is hair-raising: the three salons of his village have been shut for more than a year over an unresolved dispute involving haircuts to Dalits.

As many as 600 Dalits of the village accuse upper caste members of the village —with a population of some 4,000 — of practising caste discrimination and not allowing them to have a haircut at the local salons. Some of the Dalit youths objected to the practice but the upper castes reportedly stood their ground, preferring to shut down the salons.

It has stayed that way since August, 2015. Peace meetings held in between have failed to broker a truce.

“Since 2015, various meetings have been held with even the district deputy commissioner in attendance, but the established practices return as soon as the officials leave the village,” complained Prakash, a Dalit youth.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/dalits-in-karnataka-village-haven-t-got-haircut-for-a-year-accuse-upper-caste-of-discrimination/story-hoeNum7zDjPorQufvP00MN.html

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