ABSTRACT
The present chapter is an attempt to narrativize the shared experiences; a reflexive engagement between the author’s lived experiences and narratives collected through field studies, and also as first-person accounts in various online portals. As a quota student and later as a reserved category teacher, the author has frequently encountered a condescending attitude in the wider academia. The issue of ‘merit’ always hangs like a Damocles sword. A sense of responsibility of representing the community is also involved, which leads to increased association with matters of equity and social justice. It is a continuous effort to strip away the façade of the ‘normal’ and hold the wider community accountable for the denial of justice to the Dalits.
