Difference in caste society is presented as a consequence of merit and demerit. A person who is different, that is, different from the Brahminical social and cultural order, most often belonging to a non-Brahmin caste, is first made to feel different. This difference is a callous form of declaring the inability of the Other. Thus, the differentiated being lives within a mendacious propaganda. The differences are first forced upon the person as a forewarning about the unequal relationships at play. The unequal terms of a relationship are ways to channel the oppressor group’s insecurities to
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