Click to play videoNew Delhi: Neem Ka Kheda is a village in mourning. The village is situated 30 kms away from the town of Bundi and villagers have gathered at the house of Mahadev, who was one of those killed in police firing at the Devi Narayan temple on Tuesday.
His widow and children deal with their personal grief, but there is public anger against the administration.
Says a villager, Shankar Lal Gurjar, "The administration has not yet come to review our situation. They have not even offered condolences."
In another village, Salawalia, a blind father holds on desperately to what is left of his small family. Thirty-year-old Ghasi Bihara was his only son and the sole earning member of his family.
He succumbed to the three bullet injuries he received while fighting for a Scheduled Tribe status and a better life.
In the Bundi district alone, six Gurjar families have lost their young sons in this fight for reservation.
Four bodies have been handed over to the families while two are still at the government hospital - one unclaimed and the other unidentified.
But inspite of all the bloodshed the Gurjars are adamant. They say come what may their fight for a better status will not die a silent death.
Says a villager, Jeetmal, "If we're not given a Scheduled Tribe status, then no one should get it."
Women are turning into widows, children are becoming fatherless and hospitals are filled with the injured, but the Gurjar community has had enough of living a life managing cattle and selling milk.
They are convinced they deserve a better life and are willing to pay any price for that no matter how dear.
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