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Caste-based food served at Muzaffarpur medical college TNN 14 September 2009, 02:22am IST PATNA: Rajput ‘paratha’, Bhumihar ‘poori’, Brahmin ‘kachauri’, Yadav ‘chapati’. Ever heard of these cuisines? These are allegedly served at Sri Krishna Medical College & Hospital (SKMCH), Muzaffarpur, to the medicos. Here a ‘thali’ is identified with the caste of the customer. When this practice was shown on various news channels, the state government reacted. “Caste polarisation on the dining table is unacceptable,” health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI on Sunday. He said explanation has been sought from the SKMCH authorities. The channels showed medicos confirming the practice. They said the medical students belonging to different caste groups are served different ‘thalis’. “This practice has been going on for long and if it’s wrong... we’re also responsible for this,” an SKMCH doctor said. “I’m not very surprised over this practice. It happens at various institutions, though it’s very unfortunate,” said principal health secretary C K Mishra. He said he had no knowledge about what was happening at the SKMCH canteen until it was shown by some news channels. Mishra, however, said the practice could be stopped if a proper canteen was opened in the institutions. It’s because of lack of a proper canteen that groups of students take to cooking separately. “Most of the groups come up on the basis of caste and community they belong to,” Mishra said. The health minister also admitted that due to non-existence of proper canteen, groups prefer to get their food cooked as per their preference. “It’s not a good practice because it smacks of casteism in the society,” Yadav said. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
