Oppression of Shudras, Ati-shudras and women has been documented since Vedic times. Dalits were kept away from the concept of knowledge and ultimately power....
Often times I tread along the ridges
Straying and wandering in disdain.
I see the strangling paths,
The edge blades of downfall,
Streams or creeks in torque ripples,
Distant...
I should have asked her months ago. But I have been preoccupied with my family’s concerns. How will you protect your wife in that unknown place? What will you do if someone harms her? You have no experience in travel. You don’t even know Hindi. How will you get things done? Why can’t you go someplace nearby, like Munnar? But I had promised Agneta, and I couldn’t break it.
