Student’s Suicide Ignites Public Debate Over Indian Caste System
By Julie McCarthyStudent’s Suicide Ignites Public Debate Over Indian Caste System
By Julie McCarthy
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A 26-year-old Ph.D. student killed himself in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. A Dalit, he was one of five students protesting their expulsion from the university’s housing facility.
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