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Let s take rat mining , or (as if to make it a bit better) rat-hole mining . Sure, it s a technical term that those engaging in it - such as the 12 manual diggers who, in the end, rescued the 41 workers trapped under the collapsed section of the Silkyara tunnel for 17 days - don t care either way about. But associating manual boring with rats tunnelling into the earth has its own rank, verminous connotations. And, remember, caste still has its own creature classifications . Until rats gain a better status in the animal metaphor hierarchy, rat mining will have its demeaning overtones.