why was ratnam and his family ostracized?
Class 8 polity
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Explanation:
The 1989 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was formed in response to the demands made by Dalits and others that the Government take seriously to protect them against the ill-treatment and humiliation faced by Dalits and tribal groups in their everyday life. Rathnam’s hut was burnt and he was forced to leave the village along with his mother and other members of his family as they continued to be ostracised by the powerful castes in the village.
So Rathnam used the above law to file a complaint to protest against the domination and violence of the powerful castes in his village.
Ratnam was 20 years old, studying engineering in a nearby college. He refused to perform the ritual. He said that he had no faith in this practice and that his family members were forced to perform this ritual because they were Dalits.