First Ever In India, 35-YO Woman Gets ‘No Caste, No Religion’ Certificate In Tamil Nadu

Many people leave ‘caste’ and ‘religion’ columns blank in various forms, but for MA Sneha, it has become official. The 35-year-old advocate and resident of Tirupattur in the state of Tamil Nadu, has been trying to get the certificate and the Tehsildar of Tirupattur, TS Sathiyamoorthy, gave her a certificate declaring she had ‘ no caste, no religion.

Sneha grew up in a family, which always denounced caste and religion.

The Hindu

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“All my certificates have nil or are blank against the ‘caste’ and ‘religion’ columns. This includes my birth certificate and school certificates. They mention me as an Indian. But I started to realise that every application form I filled mandated enclosure of community certificate. So, I had to obtain a self-affidavit. It was only then that it occurred to me that I needed an identity that was sans caste and religion,” Sneha told theThe Hindu.