Not only that, food is served only by upper castes,” said Navin Parmar, a local Dalit. And after that, for the first time, a marriage procession of a Dalit, riding a horse, passed through the main roads of the village. It hurt their (upper castes’) ego and they felt that if Dalits don’t do their ‘customary’ work (of lifting carcasses of animals), how can they carry out a procession,” said Navin. The marriage procession, Dalits in the village said, was the first from the community in the village. Mehul’s father said Dalits have never taken out a marriage procession.

Source: Indian Express May 10, 2019 22:51 UTC