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4 days ago · The Untouchables, also known as the Dalits, were a group of people in ancient India who were considered the lowest in the caste system. The Untouchables faced severe social and economic discrimination, often being forced to perform the most menial and degrading tasks for the higher castes.
1 day ago · In Manusmriti, untouchables are mentioned as chandals. Chandals are those who are the offspring of Shudra father and Brahmin mother, which shows the pollution of Brahmins by Shudras. The entire concept of untouchability is based on purity and pollution. Ambedkar had also explained the origin of Sudras.
2 days ago · Use of the term “untouchable” and the social disabilities associated with it were declared illegal in the constitutions adopted by India in 1949 and by Pakistan in 1953. Scheduled Castes include a number of groups that were excluded from the structured social hierarchy imposed by adherents of caste ideology .
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4 days ago · An extract from Kuvempu’s epic novel, Bride in the Hills, translated from Kannada by Vanamala Viswanatha. The novel, which is rooted in the regional realities of Malnad, is yet another example of the diversity of modern Indian literature. Kuvempu (1904-94) chronicles the emergence of a vibrant and complex rural society caught between manipulative colonial norms and discriminatory native practices. Bringing in the distinct experiences of the Shudra lifeworld, he led Kannada literature to ...
4 days ago · The word Vrishala has two meanings: one is the son of a shudra; the other means the best of kings. A later commentator used the former interpretation to posit that Chandragupta had a Shudra background.
2 days ago · The elevated position of the Brahmans goes back to the late Vedic period, when the Indo-European-speaking settlers in northern India were already divided into Brahmans (or priests), warriors (of the Kshatriya class), traders (of the Vaishya class), and labourers (of the Shudra class).
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5 days ago · Phule in Gulamgiri retells many such narratives from the Shudra and Ati-Shudra viewpoints to reclaim their glorious past, projecting them as valiant warriors and heroes who were tricked by the Brahmin leaders like Vamana, Vishnu, Brahma, and others. He opposes the demonization of the Shudra and Ati-Shudra and endeavours to dismantle, subvert, and reject the Brahmin-centric discourses to reinterpret the suppressed Shudra and Ati-Shudra identity.
