Untouchability is an Indian phenomenon; do you
agree with the statement. Explain your vie.vs.
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Answer:
Untouchability, in its literal sense, is the practice of ostracising a minority group by segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate.
Explanation:
the following practices could be understood to have been associated with Untouchability in India[21]:
.. Prohibition from eating with other members
.. Provision of separate cups in village tea stalls
.. Separate seating arrangements and utensils in restaurants
.. Segregation in seating and food arrangements at village functions and festivals
.. Prohibition from entering places of public worship
.. Prohibition from wearing sandals or holding umbrellas in front of higher caste members
.. Prohibition from entering other caste homes
.. Prohibition from using common village paths
.. Separate burial/cremation grounds
.. Prohibition from accessing common/public properties and resources (wells, ponds, temples, etc.)
.. Segregation (separate seating area) of children in schools
.. Bonded labour
.. Social boycotts by other castes for refusing to perform their "duties"[22]
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Answer:
Untouchability has been outlawed in India, Nepal and Pakistan. However, "untouchability" has not been legally defined.
Untouchable, also called Dalit, officially Scheduled Caste, formerly Harijan, in traditional Indian society, the former name for any member of a wide range of low-caste Hindu groups and any person outside the caste system. The use of the term and the social disabilities associated with it were declared illegal in the constitutions adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India in 1949 and of Pakistan in 1953.
The origin of untouchability and its historicity are still debated. B. R. Ambedkar believed that untouchability has existed at least as far back as 400 AD.