Rohini Diwakar, a 19-year-old cancer survivor who lives in Maharashtra’s Akola district, is one of the 13 lakh students to have cleared the Class 12 or HSC exam on Tuesday. I missed having a support system or mentor to guide me during my studies or going to school like other children but I wanted to study and this aspiration had …
Introduced by Nitish Kumar in 2007, the Mahadalit umbrella for selected Scheduled Caste communities was seen as a largely political move, which complicated the already-complex Dalit voter base in Bihar. A migrant worker from the Musahar community in Nawada’s Dularpur village, the 46-year-old says political rallies — where “these netas” are lauding the development work — are ridiculous. Lekin yahan …
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