....The sole objective of untouchables was to minimize their sufferings. The miseries; eternal, the man made, predestined miseriess followed them even in their mud huts. The miseries followed them while they worked on others’ land. The miseries of being born insulted. The miseries of watching their women being dishonored under the great culture of the great land was like piercing the mind. The miseries followed them while they walked. In addition there were the miseries of half filled bellies; the miseries of being denied water to drink; the miseries of ragged clothes; the miseries of watching the whole family being insulted; the miseries of watching their whole community being insulted; the never ending miseries. The miseries existed prior to birth and will exist after death. The lowest stratum is always predestined to swim in the mud swamp of gutter miseries; all this indicates what a great dharma it is.
The powerful did not actually use the violence frequently but always kept it ready in their armor. The weak could not resort to violence. So the violence was minimal and the dharma was happy. It was an eternal situation. The Brahmans chanted the mantras and skinners tanned the skins. And never the skin tanners crossed willingly the paths of pious, pure and powerful lawmakers. They deliberately kept away from Brahmans which was desired by the Brahmanas and safe for the untouchables also. There was smooth and rampant treading of casteism on the lives of lower caste people which did not create any backlash but only ineffective and silent murmurs, silent cries and silent sobbing which were not destined to go beyond their mud huts....
And this was the innocence that was broken by the roaring steam railway engines.
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