Hariom Valmiki and Sanskritisation A 38-year-old Dalit man, named Hariom Valmiki was beaten to death over an alleged theft accusation with the help of drones. He was incriminated to be part of a “Drone gang”. His body was found abandoned near a railway track, with severe head injuries, belt marks and bruises all over his body. This is not one of “few” incidents where someone coming from a marginalised community has been lynched over an accusation based on some whimsical thoughts. Or someone from a marginalised community has been murdered by people in power and by the people who have proclaimed themselves on the higher social order, i.e., caste hierarchy based on some traditional customs benefiting them. The traditional customs instituted by the hunting-gathering communities, served different purposes at the time of establishment but in the contemporary times, these have only helped the “powerful” to exploit the marginalised. The inhuman rape cases of Dalit women in Hathras and Unnao, a...
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