EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

It has been seven decades since Independence, yet India has been unable to purge the curse of caste from its society. It permeates our electoral politics, our social lives, our jobs and even marriages. The ones who suffer most are those at the bottom of the caste ladder. These are the Dalits, who comprise 17 per cent of our population. This means the same medieval beast of casteism stalks 200 million of our countrymen despite many laws being passed to protect them and raise their status. This was highlighted