India, Oct. 16 -- Recently, a quintessentially Indian story hit the headlines. Atul Kumar, a Dalit student, fought all the way to the Supreme Court after losing his hard-won seat at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Dhanbad. He had cleared the hugely competitive exam but narrowly missed the deadline to deposit the Rs.17,500 fee, a sum his poor Dalit parents couldn't arrange in time. It is a testament to the deep commitment of Kumar's parents - Rajendra and Rajesh (the mother) - that they didn't give up and fought for their child's future, taking the case to the apex court, which then used its extraordinary power to direct IIT Dhanbad to grant admission to their ward....