Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence
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Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence

Attacks on Dalits have grown in Rajasthan since 2018. The upper castes are viewing growing assertion by scheduled castes as a challenge to caste hierarchy—a Dalit man forced to shave off moustache, others beaten for riding a mare on their wedding, Dalit women prohibited from wearing slippers.