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.

  1. Impure Blood
  2. Defying
  3. Food Consumption pattern is impure
  4. Bad Karma Result
  5. Possession of inferior quality Tamsik Guna
  6. Pollution is contiguous → Hence excluded and Secluded

Consequence of Untouchability on Untouchable Community

  1. Economic
  2. Social
  3. Violance
  4. Religion
  5. Political
  6. Segregation
  7. Humiliation - Subjugation - Marginalised
  8. Psychological stress → Inferior Complex

Caste: Physical segregation

Caste: Social segregation