| I get what you were explaining, but i disagree with these parts > How would you expect the people in those times to be okay with touching those who used to clean up toilets by hand, carry the waste on their backs? The trouble is, this wasn't something people chose to do by choice - it was thrust upon them initially and eventually conditioned to accept as "their duty" to the society through religious conditioning. (Read Gandhi's commentary justifying this type of work) There is enough written about this and if you are interested you can easily look up about this online and in libraries. > traditionally descendants did the same business as it was easily taught to kids Even this was thrust through years of conditioning my friend. They were not "allowed" to take up any other profession - they could be dead, if they dared to do this. The references for this go far back to scriptures and other religious literature my friend. > dalit's were not working in lower level because they were untouchables, but they were untouchables because they worked in the lower levels Not true, read the comment above, they were forced into lower level work initially. > Indian society let Mr. B R Ambedkar (who was born Dalit) to write constitution of India - that speaks volumes. You haven't read Ambedkar have you ? :) Indian society didn't "let" Mr. B R Ambedkar to write the constitution, he rose to that position through sheer intellectual power! He was very very ahead of his times my brother! He faced many many challenges throughout his rise due to his origins being from lower class, he rose in spite of it. A man of such calibre, resigned when in a position of power because he didn't believe in certain ideas put forth for discussion while making amendments to the constitution etc. He felt that would jeopardize the efforts he had put in to make the constitution equal for all - and undermine democracy! Such was the man! |