The couple had applied to many schools to gauge the depth of the problem. None would accept that the 'caste' and 'religion' columns had been left blank.
Last December, the hiring, firing and re-hiring of Sunita as cook at a government school – under pressure from parents of 'upper' caste students – had made news. The same school is seeing a repeat of the casteist boycott.
Sunita now fears losing her job as the parents of the school children allege that her appointment was in violation of norms, which the authorities deny.