Untouchability

But nobody allowed him to touch their automobile. So back to scavenging. Another safai karamchari in Phulwari, Mohan Ram (25), last year opened a tea stall near a cinema hall instead of doing the traditional ganda kaam. "I purchased milk, sugar, tea packets, kettle and kulhars (earthen cups), prepared the tea but not a single customer came." Even fellow Dalits teased him: "Who will drink tea prepared by a Mehtar?" Mohan Ram uprooted the stall and is now a manual scavenger.