MANUAL SCAVENGING IN INDIA: THE STORY OF UNEQUAL CITIZENS
Singh, Rajeev / Ziyauddin, . .
The book is about the practice of manual scavenging in India which refers the daily work of manually cleaning and removing feaces from dry (non-flush) latrines across India. In India manual scavenging is a caste based occupation carried out by dalits. These communities are invariably placed at the bottom of caste hierarchy, as well as dalit sub-caste hierarchy. Refusal to perform such task leads to physical abuse and social boycott.In Indian c...