Moment of eradication of untouchability in Tamilnadu
Manavendranath Roy
Narayan Lokhande
Shivram
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FORMED twelve years ago, the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), a broad-based organisation, has since carried out many successful struggles and movements, increased its influence over various sections of the society and made quite an impact in the southern state. Trade unions, associations of farmers and farm labourers, mass organisations, dalit outfits, and some intellectuals have involved themselves in the functioning of this mass front over the years, making it a powerful agent of change.
DEMOLITION OF UTHAPURAM ‘CASTE WALL’
The front’s first major victory came with the demolition of the “caste wall” erected by Hindus in Uthapuram village in Madurai district to keep dalit villagers away. This victory found resonance not only in other parts of Tamil Nadu but also in several areas across the country. After the demolition of the wall in Uthapuram, the term “Untouchability Wall” became very popular in the state. Thereafter, a number of such walls were identified and demolished in various places.