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20-25% of villages 15-20% of villages
  • Paid lower wage rates for same work
  • Ban on festival processions on roads
  • Segregated seating in schools
  • Denied entry into private health clinics
  • Separate drinking water in the schools
  • Cannot wear new/bright clothes.
  • Denied access to public roads/passage
  • Denied entry into primary health centres
  • Discriminatory relationship by non-SC teachers towards SC students
  • Discriminatory relationship by non-SC teachers towards SC teachers
10-15% of villages Less than 10% of villages
  • Denied entry into panchayat offices
  • Schools : SC teachers and non-SC students
  • Separate lines at polling booth
  • Discriminatory treatment in Primary Health centres
  • Denied access/entry to public transport
  • Cannot use bicycles on public roads.
  • Denied entry / seating in cinema halls
  • Compulsion to ssek blessing in marriages
source: Ghanshyam shah, Harsh Mander, Sukhadeo Thorat, Satish Deshpande and Amita Baviskar, untouchability in Rural India : A survey conducted in 565 villages of 11 states, Sage Publications, 2006.
Listening
Now, using the information given above, analyse the following forms of untouchability in Rural India. Then prepare a brief report stating how Dalits are discriminated against .
  1. List the places where Dalits are denied entry.
  2. Where are Dalits separated from other castes ?
  3. What are the prohibitions and bans imposed on Dalits?
Listen to your teacher telling you a story of a girl called Maya and say whether the following statements are True or False.
  1. When Maya was born, all were happy.(     )
  2. When Maya grew, she began to help her mother.(    )
  3. Maya could not join her friends as she had a lot of work.(    )
  4. Maya completed her graduation.(    )
  5. If Maya were boy, her parents would let her complete school education. (     )
  6. Maya thinks that her life will be much different from that of her mother. (    )

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