1. Wedeal here with the right of all our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right in the past deserve better than to see fences thrown up to deny them that right in the future . . .[U]nless our children begin to learn together, there is little hope that our people will ever learn to live together.

(Milliken v.Bradley, 418 U.S. 717, 783 (1974) (Marshall, J., dissenting))

II. The Fact file:

1. As regards discrimination by providers, grassroots-level workers like Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) and Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) were more discriminating than the higher-order providers such as doctors and lab technicians. Of the total number of times that Dalit children accessed health care services, more than 93 per cent times they experienced discrimination by ANMs and AWWs.

Almost always (98 per cent times), the AWWs served the food last to the Dalit children. (See: Tables below)

2. TABLE 7.3: Nature of Discrimination Experience by Dalit Children in Health Care Access-by Sphere, Form, and Provider

Nature of discrimination Total Positive Childre