Work cited
Oldenburg, Philip. "India." Microsoft® Student 2007 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2006.
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- The untouchables of india are a group of people who are on the lowest rungs of society. They are not allowed to worship at temples, walk into schools, post offices and courts, and they are not allowed to walk on the roads.
- They are not allowed to go into villages without permission. They may not walk on roads to close to someones house.
- India is broken up into castes, which you are born into at birth. There are 4 castes of India.
- The untouchables are so low in society that they do not even have a caste.
- India's constitution has since outlawed the idea of being untouchable, but the group of people who were once untouchable now face discrimination against getting jobs and housing.
- They performed tasks that higher castes thought polluting, such as slaughtering animals or leatherworking.
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Discrimination against lower caste members, including the Harijans or former Untouchables, is still a problem in India.
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