Even in Australia, alarming levels of caste discrimination exist. We must fight it with evidence

Caste discrimination is pervasive and systematic, a form of intersectional racial discrimination, writes Asang Wankhede. Photograph: solarseven/Getty Images

“Our children are prohibited from joining birthday parties at the same time as other children. They are made to wait outside the place where the ritual is being undertaken. They know which caste we belong to and that’s how they think we are.

“We are untouchables. If we attend their rituals, they and the ritual will get defiled/polluted.”