The still persisting practice of manual scavenging reflects the remains of the caste system in India which even after 73 years of Independence could not be eradicated in its entirety. The extremely rigid Varna system or the ancient caste hierarchy had four levels with Brahmins at the top followed by Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra and then there were people who did not find a place in this...
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