Until grade 6, I wasn’t aware that casteism was such a big issue. One afternoon, a friend of mine told me that he was from a ‘lower caste’ and I shouldn’t share food with him during lunch break. He was scared that my parents would scold me for this. I laughed hard and told him that he was crazy. I was unaware of discrimination that his family had faced for generations because of their caste.
Why I stopped using my surname
Why I stopped using my surname
Why I stopped using my surname
Until grade 6, I wasn’t aware that casteism was such a big issue. One afternoon, a friend of mine told me that he was from a ‘lower caste’ and I shouldn’t share food with him during lunch break. He was scared that my parents would scold me for this. I laughed hard and told him that he was crazy. I was unaware of discrimination that his family had faced for generations because of their caste.