Not a crime, a curse. Not an accident, a mirror. On October 20, 2025 In Kakori, Lucknow, 65 year old Rampal, a frail, breathing ill Dalit elder was resting near Sheetla Mata Temple when a bout of cough caused him to accidentally urinate on the ground. What should have been a small moment, became a scar on our conscience. Instead of mercy, he met humiliation: accused, cursed with casteist slurs, and forced to lick his own urine, and even clean the ground under the pretext of “temple purity.” The