Untouchable example sentences

However, manual scavengers in different parts of the country, the Bhangis in Gujarat, Pakhis in Andhra Pradesh and the Sikkaliars in Tamil Nadu, continue to be considered untouchable.This novel shows a young man from an 'untouchable' caste, leaving his village to escape the cruelty of his Brahmin landlord.It had been argued by some that Untouchable or as they were now known, Harijan, candidates did not have good enough grades to get into the prestigious Indian Administrative Service.Untouchables had to free themselves, therefore, from all religions in order to achieve social equality.He proposed that Shudras (labouring castes) and Ati Shudras (untouchables) should unite to challenge caste discrimination.Mirabai became a disciple of Ravidas, a saint from a caste considered “untouchable”.The most important among them were Janeshwar, Namdev, Eknath and Tukaram as well as women like Sakkubai and the family of Chokhamela, who belonged to the “untouchable” Mahar caste.Hindu temples, previously open to only the higher castes, were thrown open to all, including the former untouchables.But Gandhi was not permitted to draw water from the well lest some drops from his bucket pollute the entire source; how did they know that he was not an untouchable? Gandhi decided to go first to Muzzafarpur, which was en route to Champaran, to obtain more complete information about conditions than Shukla was capable of imparting.The seventh to ninth centuries saw the emergence of new religious movements, led by the Nayanars (saints devoted to Shiva) and Alvars (saints devoted to ishnu) who came from all castes including those considered “untouchable” like the Pulaiyar and the Panars.Despite constitutional guarantees, the Untouchables or, as they are now referred to, the Dalits, face violence and discrimination.He takes the word untouchable and gives it a very different meaning.He argued that untouchables were the true upholders of an original Tamil and Dravidian culture which had been subjugated by Brahmans.For example, in the past, the so-called 'untouchable' castes were denied the right to own land, while only the so-called 'twice born' castes had the right to education.The central character of his novel Rangbhoomi (The Arena), Surdas, is a visually impaired beggar from a so-called 'untouchable' caste.