Perpetual denial of human rights and human dignity: a case study of manual scavengers in India
India is a Constitutional democracy which guarantees its citizens basic human rights in the form of fundamental rights. But despite having fundamental rights, manual scavenging Dalits in India do not enjoy the same kind of rights as other communities do. Manual scavengers are involved in cleanliness jobs which are mostly considered as impure and polluted and without any human dignity. Manual scavenging is not only degrading and discriminatory in nature but is also fatal. Every year hundreds of manual scavengers get injured, fall sick or die without any bodily protection.