Summary:
The noon meal scheme, which had brought laurels to the state, showed how to ensure continuity of the downtrodden students in pursuing education.”The scheme was also meant for equality. Society should ensure safety of Pappal and her family because anything can happen since she has outspoken about the discrimination, he added. But I have been facing discrimination by the same set of people in my own village. All these years, I hesitated to bring out the issue. Pappal narrated the discrimination and humiliation faced by her in her 12-year-old career as a cook under the noon meal scheme.Papal said, “Many children, including those belonging to non-dalit communities, at Ochampalayam government primary school, near Cheyyur, cried when I informed them about my transfer..