Human rights is one crucial aspects being prominently discussed these days. It
is more critically conversed in the wake of growing atrocities against the
historically deprived groups like dalits and tribals. Although the practice of
?ÇUKPuntouchability?ÇÙ was abolished in 1950, it remains and is very much alive
in India. The caste still operates as a defining condition in establishing
marriages, social relations and access to employment, millions of Dalits and
other former low-caste people remain behind in education, employment and access
to wealth.
In recent years an increasing number of human rights organisations and bodies
are coming to recognise untouchability and caste discrimination as a gross human
rights