MUMBAI: A 12-year-old student from Marathwada region has become the talk of his village for 'erasing' the mention of his caste from the school attendance record.
Rohan Bhosle, a seventh standard student of the Zilla Parishad (ZP) school at Pargaon village in Ashti tehsil of Beed district deleted the mention of his caste from the school attendance sheet recently, winning praise from classmates and teachers.
Prateeksha Shirole, Rohan's classmate, said he took the muster sheet, pulled out a pen and rubbed the blue ink on the column which mentioned his caste.
Somnath Walke, Rohan's teacher said, "I was shocked and wondered as to why he did that. When I asked him why he erased his caste, he said, 'Sir, you regularly teach us in the classroom about equality. Everybody has only one caste: humanity. Nobody should ask the other as to what his caste is'," said Walke.
Rohan's parents Suresh and Manda, who are farmers, said they were surprised that Rohan had taken such a "revolutionary" step.