Nepal, March 31 -- Marginalised groups in Nepal, including Dalits, have faced decades of systemic exclusion from the country's political, economic and social structures. For generations, Dalits have been subjected to grave injustice and inhumane behaviour in both social spaces and within the state apparatus: From being secluded as 'untouchable' by so-called upper-caste people to being excluded from education, land rights, politics and protection under the law. Acknowledging this, on March 27, the newly formed government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah decided to formally apologise to Dalit and historically marginalised communities and to announce special reform programmes for their uplift within 15 days, as a part of its 100-point wor...