C aste-based intimidation and humiliation has once again raised its ugly head in Tamil Nadu, a State that prides itself in upholding the social reformer ‘Periyar’ E.V. On May 14, three Dalits in their seventies were made to prostrate before the caste Hindu-dominated “oor panchayat” at Ottanendal village near Tiruvennainallur in Villupuram district. The Dalits apologised to the dominant caste …