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In a deeply troubling incident that underscores the persistence of caste-based discrimination in parts of rural India, around 40 members of a tribal family in Odisha's Rayagada district were reportedly forced to undergo a 'cleansing ritual' involving head tonsuring after a girl from their household married a man from a different caste.
A video of the act has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread condemnation and reviving debates on caste orthodoxy in modern India.
The incident took place in Baiganaguda village under Garakpur panchayat of Kashipur block in Rayagada. The young woman, belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST) c...