“Caste system is the most brilliantly administered scam in history.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
“It is an unfortunate truth of our society that whatever heights a man might scale, his caste is never cast off; it remains an inseparable part of his identity. His caste always remains a cause for scorn or contempt. Only the type of humiliation changes.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
“For the millionth time I asked myself why they couldn’t judge me on where I stood. Why did they always have to judge me on where I came from.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
“the rule of thumb’ referred historically to the maximum width of the stick with which a man could beat his wife without breaking the law.”
― I Do What I Do
― I Do What I Do
“The story of the ugly duckling and its scornful brethren holds special significance for the Dalits. I wonder how many swans waste their lives thinking of themselves as ugly ducklings, trapped and punished by the inequities of our caste system.”
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
― Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
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