Yes, you read it right. Contrary to what has been always said/claimed, Not only upper-caste hindus but everyone else oppresses backward caste people.
Dozens of Muslim students of a Government-run Urdu school in a Bihar village have refused to take mid-day meal cooked by a Dalit woman.
“We will not touch the food. There is no question of taking food cooked by a woman belonging to the Scheduled Caste,” said Nurjahan Bano, an eight-year-old student of Amri Urdu Middle School in Rohtas district, about 150 km from here.
Md Aslam Ansari, a teacher in the school, admitted that Muslim students were not eating mid-day meals for nearly a month. “It is an unfortunate thing,” he said.
“All the Muslim students of the school refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman,” villager Naushad Alam said. There are over 100 students in the school. Some parents of the school students are responsible for the decision, Alam said.
“Last month, only a few students refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman but later most of the students followed them,” he said.
No official has visited the school so far despite a complaint filed by the Dalit woman who used to cook for the students under the mid-day meal scheme.
The district administration officials are planning to visit the school for an inspection. “We will inquire into the case soon,” district official Ramnarain said.
Source: IANS | Patna
In case you missed, it was the eight year old that was objecting. I doubt if he has discretional abilities at that young age unless he has been seeing that kind of treatment or has been instructed by the elders. Anyways, my point is how much ever we boast of our development, theres lot to do in the country and I am damn sure that our politicians will do nothing about. So, its left to us. You may ask, what can a normal citizen do ? Alot I believe.. Just think it over and I’m sure you will come up with solutions.. Firstly, lets teach our kids, the next generation, the importance of equality. And before teaching/preaching, we need to follow it 
Our kids will become what we are.
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