EclecticExplorations by Ruma Bhardwaj

 DEATH OF MANUAL SCAVENGERS: CASTE STIGMA & POLITICS OF SANITATION. By Ruma Bhardwaj Abstract  ‘kesa ye swaraj hai, sewer main marta samaaj hai’ Swaraj is just become a theoretic idea nowadays because a part of society excluded from this idea. The exclusion from the prevailing social system and its rights and privileges called social exclusion. Lower caste minority groups have become victims of this pain. India suppose to become a superpower in upcoming days but technically we have a profession of ‘collecting human excreta’ and we give this privilege duty to a certain caste and group of people. Despite stringent provisions in the law, manual scavenging continues unabated in India. Hindu notion of purity and pollution linked with the practice of untouchability, underlie the unsanitary practices in Indian society where ‘polluted castes’ are forced to undertake manholes and clean other people’s filth. This cheap Dalit labor to do dehumanizing jobs these jobs are an exception ...

  FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN INDIA By Ruma Bhardwaj ‘CRUELTY BEHIND VEILS’ FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN INDIA. Abstract Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a type of discrimination against women. The women and children are exploited & suffered all over the world. Many ways are openly practiced but some are behind the veils. FGM is not only practiced in Africa it is practiced in India as well. It is an extreme form of discrimination against women a cut on her VAGINA makes her shiver & cry in unbearable pain, this pain given her on the name of tradition. This affects her womanhood. ‘ A blade decides her destiny’ . In this paper, we are going to deal with how FGM can relate to ‘SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND SEXUALITY’ . ‘How traditions justify FGM? How our Penal System respond to this kind of cruelty?  How Female Genital Mutilation associated with Social Exclusion? ‘Imagine when your family cut down your CLITORIS with help of a BLADE and you cry in unbearable pain. You can’t even...