Dalits do not get to live their lives like any other ordinary caste group. They are being discriminated so much to the extent that it would be considered a sin to even touch them by accident, labelling them as the “untouchables”. They are restricted to do many things they wished to do, or wanted to, They are prohibited from eating with other caste members, marrying other caste members, entering into village temples, using common village path, contesting in elections and exercising their right to vote, hoisting the national flag during Independence or Republic days, riding a bicycle inside the village. What’s even worse is that even after they passed away, they have to be buried in separate burial grounds. These limitations prevent them to have their own rights and since their situation is not well recognised in global level, many people are unaware of the problem they are currently facing to speak up for them. Their issue is simply neglected. Since Dalits do not make up a huge number of India’s population, they cannot fight back as they want as if they do so, they can be easily killed. Aren’t dalits ordinary humans too? They do have feelings like all of us. We don’t want to be put in their situation, so the least we can do is to publicize and tell others about the significance. Dalits would want to be considered as a human too and they wish to climb up the social ladder. However these limitations do not allow them to rise up and thus they are the lowest caste. As seen from the article, they are not allowed to do many things the other castes are allowed to. They are often the victims of discrimination as being the lowest of the low, they do not have the power to fight back. The jobs they have are all work in labour-intensive industries which only gives them a measly salary which are not enough for them to enroll their children into school to receive proper education. The result of this is that due to that fact that they are uneducated and illiterate, they will not be given job opportunities that have better future prospects, however, lack of job opportunities are greatly due to their caste as well. Having low paid jobs and being uneducated causes the dalits to have the lowest social and economic status in the nation which causes them to be the victims of crimes as they do not have the ability to fight back. Discrimination against the dalits cannot end as even if they are to convert their religion from Hinduism to another religion, they will still receive the same discrimination as they still belong to that caste. All in all, dalits are the ones to suffer from discrimination as they are already out casted by the rest and due to inability to fight back, they have no choice but to remain silent.
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