Question

Untouchability....its reason....its efeect and measures

Answer 1

Untouchability is a practice in which some lower caste people are kept at a distance, denied of social equality and made to suffer from some disabilities for their touch, is considered to be contaminating or polluting the higher caste people.

Answer 2

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◇Untouchability is a practice in which some lower caste people are kept at a distance, denied of social equality and made to suffer from some disabilities for their touch, is considered to be contaminating or polluting the higher caste people.

The word “untouchable” applies to the despised and degraded section of the Hindu Population.

◇Evil Effects of the Practice of Untouchability:

1. Untouchability leads to social discrimination.

2. It damages social harmony.

3. It has created wide social distance between the two groups, touchable and untouchables.

4. Untouchability perpetuates inequality.

5. It cannot support the development of healthy democratic tradition.