Untouchability- Forms
Untouchability - perspective
INTRODUCTION
It is a form of practice in Hindu caste system based on the notion of pollution & Purity.
Traditional-Value-Religious Justification for Untouchability OR Identity Construction of Untouchable Community.
- Impure Blood
- Defying
- Food Consumption pattern is impure
- Bad Karma Result
- Possession of inferior quality Tamsik Guna
- Pollution is contiguous → Hence excluded and Secluded
Consequence of Untouchability on Untouchable Community
- Economic
- Social
- Violance
- Religion
- Political
- Segregation
- Humiliation - Subjugation - Marginalised
- Psychological stress → Inferior Complex
Caste: Physical segregation
Caste: Social segregation