The article appeared in OUTLOOK magazine (29 Oct, 2012 Issue). The article is a sharp comment on the existence of caste bias in education institutions in India.
.................................... the bias probably exists in most
colleges across India; what is shocking, though, is its existence in
premier institutions offering professional courses such as those in
medicine, engineering, business management, law and so on. In March,
Anil Kumar Meena, an ST student of the prestigious All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)—just a few minutes’ walk from Vardhaman
Medical College—had committed suicide. Inability to cope with English,
and also with how SC/ST students were looked upon by teachers and fellow
students, was blamed. Tragic examples of this sort are not hard to find
in colleges across the country.
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The Drona Syndrome | Anuradha Raman
