Why Dalits were called untouchables
What were the discriminations faced by the Dalits in India?
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India's caste system is perhaps the world's longest surviving social hierarchy. A defining feature of Hinduism, caste encompasses a complex ordering of social groups on the basis of ritual purity. A person is considered a member of the caste into which he or she is born and remains within that caste until death, although the particular ranking of that caste may vary among regions and over time. Differences in status are traditionally justified by the religious doctrine of karma, a belief that one's place in life is determined by one's deeds in previous lifetimes.
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Dalit is a term that people belonging to so called lower castes use
d to address themselves. They used this word 'untouchable'. Dalit
means those who have been 'broken'. This
word according to Dalits shows that prejudices and discrimination have 'broken' the Dalit people. The government refers to this group of people as
Scheduled Castes (SC).Caste rules were set which did not allow the so-called "untouchables" to take on work, and were forced to pick garbage and remove dead animals from the village. But they were not allowed to enter the homes of the upper castes or take water from the village well, or even enter temples. Their children could not sit next to children of other castes in school. Thus upper castes acted in ways, which did not give the so-called "untouchables" the same rights as they enjoyed.