Dalit Cast System

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IPC student Nirmala Nagarathinam talks about cast system in India, what does it amount to be in the last cast in the society and how she would like to slap somebody who call her „untouchable“ How would you describe “Dalit” category? Who is Dalit, and who is not?There is the cast system in India. Which means that people are divided in four casts. Brahmin, Kshatiya, Vaishya, Sudra, I belong to the last cast Sudra it is like servants or we also call depressed. Dalit is one who doesn´t have any right given by the society. Who is not Dalits? Everybody who belongs to upper classes. It doesn´t seems easy belongs to Dalits. Which was the last moment in your life when you had to say to yourself „I am Dalits and it belongs to me for all my life? When I went to the school for the first time during the admission they have asked me which class do I belong to. When I was small my parents told me that I am Dalits but I didn´t realize what it meant that time. But when I started to grow up in my teenage studying with the upper class students, they used to say „oh you are Dalits“ in front of other students I used to feel very shamed because we were like separated students. But there are some friends which are really good from upper class which used to talk to us. So at school was the first time when I really realize that I belongs to Dalits class. Are there some schools which Dalits children can´t attend in?Now a days schools have the rule that every student can attend the school. But few years ago Dalits students were the ones who had to sit on the floor while other students from upper classes were sitting on the benches. Dalits students had to sit separately but it has changed now in my period it was not like that. We could sit with other children. When did your parents tell you for the first time that you are Dalit and how did they explain it to you?Slowly when we enter

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