Tamil Nadu
Dalits not being hired for work
P.V. Srividya
VEDARANYAM: Two months after the Dalits of Chettipulam were ushered
into the Ekambareshwarar temple by the district administration, they
are not finding work.
The village has placed a Samudaya Kattupadu, or unwritten social
control, against engaging Dalit labour, said a police source. Dalits
do not find jobs in all seven Kadus (administrative divisions) of
Chettipulam.
There were attempts to pressurise people from nearby villages to
exclude Dalits from labour.
"A Dalit man, who was de-weeding a field, was asked to leave after a
Caste Hindu refused to work on the same field," says Pushpavalli, a
Dalit woman, who was relieved as domestic help.
According to a Revenue Department official, the tacit agreement among
Caste Hindus is real, though it would never be acknowledged.
Dalits have not entered the Ekambareshwarar Temple after October 27,
when they were led in by the district administration as the State
watched.
"Self-restraint"
It is 'self-restraint' on the part of Dalits to 'avoid conflict' in
the face of evident hostility, they say. "We have a 'Samudaya Kovil'
[community temple] and we do not want any trouble," says Birla
Thangadurai.
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