@Article { Title = {Dalits Cry on the Eve of the Ambedkar Festival}, Author = {Anand Teltumbde}, Journal = {Economic and Political Weekly}, Year = { 2016}, Month = {07}, Number = { Issue No. 19}, Volume = {Vol. 51}, Abstract = {The more than four-month-long Bhim Yatra that culminated a day before the 125th birth celebrations of B R Ambedkar highlighted the pitiable conditions of the most downtrodden of the Dalits, the manual scavengers. While there are a slew of laws to check manual scavenging, they remain largely on paper. The Dalit leadership has also ignored the plight of manual scavengers. }, Publisher = {Economic and Political Weekly}, Type = {Journal} }